Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 159: To ask the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if he will list the number of positions under his control but outside of the civil service which will be affected by new salary caps; the specific cuts involved and any impact identified on the ability to recruit or to retain specific positions in the next 12 months. [17975/11]

Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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My colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin, T.D, recently announced the terms of a Government Decision for the introduction of pay ceilings for higher posts across the public service and for CEO posts in Commercial State Companies. The salary caps are as follows:

A general pay ceiling of €200,000 for future appointments to higher positions across the public service; and

A general pay ceiling of €250,000 for future appointments to CEO posts within Commercial State Companies.

In addition, the Government signalled its intention to seek voluntary waivers of 15% of salary from current incumbents whose salaries are in excess of these figures or a lesser amount if the application of the full 15% reductionwould bring their salary level below the thresholds.

By capping the pay of new appointees, the Government recognises there may be a small number of exceptions where the role is of substantial importance in the public service or a Commercial State Company and the person whose appointment is sought brings exceptional or scarce expertise and/or qualifications to the proposed role. Any such exceptions will be subject to the approval of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. Future recruitment will be managed within these parameters.

The table sets out the numbers of posts in Bodies under my aegis which exceed the thresholds.

The table sets out the numbers of posts in Bodies under my aegis which exceed the thresholds.