Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 225: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the savings to the semi-State sector in a full year if he were to cap the maximum salary available in semi-State bodies at €100,000. [21064/11]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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I refer to the reply by my colleague, the Minister for Finance, to Questions Nos. 39, 43 and 45 of 5 July 2011. The estimate of the net savings accruing to the Exchequer of less than €100m p.a. arising from the imposition of a cap of €100,000 on public service salaries includes those employed in non-commercial state bodies, although it is not possible to provide a breakdown specifically in respect of those staff. However, the estimate does not include staff of commercial state-sponsored bodies since the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform is not responsible for setting the rate of pay for employees (other than CEOs) in the commercial state sector.