Written answers
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
Departmental Staff
9:00 pm
Anne Ferris (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 449: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 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. [26229/11]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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There are 459 civil servants employed in my Department from Higher Executive Officer to Secretary General. Detailed below is a breakdown of those grades, giving the numbers per grade and the salary pay scale for each grade. A number of Higher Executive Officers and Assistant Principal Officers currently avail of the Civil Service Worksharing Scheme and their salary is reduced on a pro rata basis.
| Grade | Number | Pay Scale |
| Secretary General | 1 | €200,000 * |
| Assistant Secretary General | 5 | €127,796 - €146,191 |
| Director | 1 | €101,470 |
| Principal Officer – Standard Scale | 18 | €80,051 - €98,424 |
| Principal Officer – PPC Scale | 1 | €84,132 - €103,472 |
| Principal Officer Higher Scale - Standard | 10 | €85,957 - €105,429 |
| Principal Officer Higher Scale – PPC | 1 | €90,355 - €110,844 |
| Assistant Principal Officer – Standard Scale | 94 | €61,966 – €76,768 |
| Assistant Principal Officer – PPC Scale | 9 | €65,185 - €80,678 |
| Assistant Principal Officer Higher Scale – Standard | 23 | €67,913 - €84,296 |
| Administrative Officer – Standard Scale | 1 | €31,619 - €55,415 |
| Administrative Officer – PPC Scale | 21 | €33,247 - €58,294 |
| Administrative Officer Higher Scale – PPC | 3 | €42,838 - €60,224 |
| Higher Executive Officer – Standard Scale | 122 | €43,816 - €51,415 |
| Higher Executive Officer – PPC Scale | 62 | €46,081 - €58,294 |
| Higher Executive Officer Higher Scale – Standard | 86 | €46,426 - €57,251 |
| Higher Executive Officer Higher Scale – PPC | 1 | €48,831 - €60,224 |
* based on voluntary waiver. 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.
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