Niall Collins (Limerick West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 160: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his salary cost; the number and grades of staff in his Department on a comparable or higher salary; the amounts in each case; the remuneration package of officer holders in all forms of State agencies under the aegis of his Department which are comparable or higher than his salary, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19834/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The current salary level of Civil Service grades are as set out in Department of Finance Circular 28/2009. The Secretary General of my Department is on a salary of €215,590. The current rate of pay for the Garda Commissioner is €197,325 per annum. The Commissioner is a member of the Garda Síochána superannuation scheme. My total salary, both Ministerial and TD, is €191,417 per annum.

I refer the Deputy to Parliamentary Question No. 273 of Tuesday, 30 March 2010, which gives comprehensive details of the remuneration package of CEOs or equivalent in Agencies under the aegis of my Department. All of the salary scales listed have been reduced with effect from 1 January 2010 in line with the provisions of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act, 2009.