Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and grade of staff who qualified for performance-related pay prior to that payment being abolished in her Department; and the pay scales appropriate to those grades. [10586/10]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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I presume that the Deputy is referring to the Performance Related Awards Scheme (PRA) which was introduced following a decision by the Government on the implementation of Report No. 38 of the Review Body on Higher Remuneration in the Public Sector in 2000. This Scheme applied at the level of Deputy and Assistant Secretary and related grades in the Civil Service and there were nine posts in my Department at this level (two at Deputy Secretary level and seven at Assistant Secretary level).

As the Deputy is aware, on 5th February 2009, the Minister for Finance announced the discontinuation of the scheme in the Dáil and consequently no payments were made to eligible officers in my Department in respect of performances in 2008. The payscales for the officials involved are as follows (1 January 2010 rates):

* PPC Scales apply to established officers appointed on or after the 6th April 1995 paying the Class A rate of PRSI contribution and making an employee contribution in respect of personal superannuation benefits.