Anne Ferris (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 307: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht notwithstanding the Civil Service circular No. 28, if he will provide a list of the current pay of each senior civil servant from higher executive officer to Secretary General in his Department broken down by grade; the pension entitlements of each and any other emoluments they are entitled to receive upon reaching retirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26230/11]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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Civil servants in my Department are recruited and paid in accordance with Civil Service norms and it is not the practice to provide details of individuals' remuneration. The breakdown of staff in my Department at the grades described by the Deputy is set out below:

HEO, AO and equivalent Professional & Technical Grades: 153

APO and equivalent Professional & Technical Grades: 89

PO and equivalent Professional & Technical Grades: 17

Director: 2

Assistant Secretary: 3

Secretary General: 1

Individual salaries are in accordance with the appropriate point of the relevant pay scale for each staff member, depending on whether they joined the Civil Service before or after 5 April 1995. Under the terms of the Civil Service Superannuation Schemes, retiring staff are entitled to a lump sum payment and a retirement pension which is based on their length of service and final pensionable remuneration. Further details regarding retirement benefits for civil servants are available at www.cspensions.gov.ie.

Retiring staff receive a retirement lump sum of 3/80ths of pensionable remuneration for each year of reckonable service, subject to a maximum of 11⁄2 times pensionable remuneration. In general, staff who were recruited prior to April 1995 and pay the modified rate of PRSI receive a pension of 1/80th of pensionable remuneration per year of reckonable service, subject to a maximum of 40 years. Staff who were recruited after April 1995, receive a pension which is integrated with the State Pension (Contributory). The formula for the calculation of the pension is 1/200th of pensionable remuneration up to 3 1/3rd times the State Pension, and 1/80th for pensionable remuneration in excess of this limit, per year of reckonable service, subject to a maximum of 40 years.

TLAC retirement terms may be applied to retiring Secretaries General, subject to certain conditions. I understand that those terms are currently under review for future appointees.