Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 318: To ask the Minister for Finance the savings that would be made to the Exchequer if all salaries in both the Civil Service and semi-State bodies were capped at five and half times the basic entry wage in the public sector. [38332/09]

Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 333: To ask the Minister for Finance the savings that would be made to the Exchequer if the maximum salary available to civil servants and semi-State bodies was capped at five times the lowest entry grade pay to the Civil Service. [38493/09]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 318 and 333 together.

Following clarification from the Deputy and for the purposes of reply, I will take the basic entry wage in the private sector to be the current national minimum wage, set at €18,054 per annum based on a 40 hour week. This results in a suggested cap figure of approx. €100,000 per annum in the public service, with an estimated saving to the Exchequer, if such a cap were applied of around €450m per annum.

The entry rate of a clerical officer grade in the Civil Service of €24,397 per annum results in a suggested cap figure of approx. €122,000 per annum in the public service, with an estimated saving to the Exchequer, if such a cap were applied of around €250m per annum.