Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 203: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the net saving for the Exchequer due to the removal of 22,500 posts from the public sector. [37426/11]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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Based on an average annual cost per post of approximately €54,000 per year (net of pension related deduction) the estimated annual saving from removing 22,500 posts from the Public Service is €1.22 billion in a full year.

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 204: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the one-person-one-salary principle is now being strictly adhered to within the public sector; and if this rule is applied to city and county councillors sitting on State agency boards. [37443/11]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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My Department has instructed Departments and Offices that, with effect from 1 November 2011, the payment of fees should cease in respect of (i) public servants serving on State boards and (ii) public sector employees who sit on their own organisation's board or the boards of other public sector organisations. Implementation of these arrangements are a matter for the state bodies concerned to ensure adherence to.

Public representatives who may also be in the employment of state bodies are comprehended by these arrangements on the payment of fees in respect of state board membership.