Written answers

Thursday, 16 June 2011

Department of Finance

Public Sector Pay

6:00 pm

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 74: To ask the Minister for Finance if the proposed new cap of €250,000 on commercial semi-State chief executives salaries will apply to the ESB's replacement of a person (details supplied); the measures he will put in place to ensure that other elements of chief executive's remuneration package are not bolstered to make up the shortfall on the expected salary once the cap is in place. [16046/11]

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 75: To ask the Minister for Finance the model used for calculating the proposed salary caps for semi-State chief executives of €250,000 and €200,000 for senior public servants. [16047/11]

Photo of Michael NoonanMichael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 74 and 75 together.

Proposals have been brought to Government concerning inter alia the remuneration of chief executives in Commercial State Sponsored Bodies. It would be inappropriate to comment in advance of a Government Decision on the matter or indeed to give an indication of possible outcomes at this time.

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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Question 76: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 17 May 2011, his views on whether it is equitable that school employees paid through private funds should be subject to section 2 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009 without receiving the standard benefits enjoyed by public sector employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16075/11]

Photo of Michael NoonanMichael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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The school in which the staff are employed is defined as a public service body within the meaning of, and for the purposes of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No 2) Act 2009. This definition applies to all recognised schools.

Once staff are employed by a public service body they must be subject to the provision of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No 2) Act 2009 irrespective of the sourcing of the funds from which they are paid.

In summary, it is the nature of the employing body, not the source of the funding, which determines the application of the provisions of the Act.

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