Written answers
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Departmental Staff
7:00 pm
Alan Farrell (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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Question 7: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the increments made payable to public sector workers within his Department in the years 2010 and 2011; the increments due in 2012 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38360/11]
Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table:
| Year | Number of Increments Awarded | Estimated Cost for the Year in Question |
| 2010 | 704 | â¬601,880 |
| 2011 | 608 | â¬569,102 |
| 2012* | 497 | â¬421,754 |
* Projected figure only: the award of increments is not automatic and is subject to satisfactory assessment.
It should be noted that the annual cost figures are estimates based on a pro-rata calculation of the value of the annual salary increase due to the increment. For example, if an officer was awarded an increment in January, the full annual value of the increase is taken into account. If an increment is awarded in December, only one twelfth of the annual value is allowed in the calculation. The estimates also do not include any consequential PRSI increases which would not be very significant in most cases. While this is not 100% accurate, I understand that it gives a reasonably close approximation of the overall cost of increments for the years in question.
With regard to the estimate for 2012 it must be stressed that increments are awarded to staff only following receipt of satisfactory annual assessments under the Performance Management and Development System, which operates across the Civil Service for grades below Assistant Secretary level. Attendance records, with particular regard to sick leave and punctuality, are also taken into consideration.
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