Alan Farrell (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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Question 347: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the increments made payable to public sector workers within her Department in the years 2010 and 2011; the increments due in 2012 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38354/11]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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As my Department was established in June 2011, details relating to incremental costs prior to 2011 are not held in my Department. Details of these costs would be held by the Departments from which staff transferred.

The total cost of increments during 2011 is approximately €36,000. This relates to staff who are employed in my Department and are still progressing along incremental salary scales. A large number of staff at my Department are already on the maximum point of their scale and therefore no longer receive increments.

As the granting of individual increments is subject to an end year satisfactory performance assessment under the Performance Management & Development System (PMDS) it is not possible to state with any degree of certainty the exact cost of increments during 2012. However, I would expect that it would be broadly similar to the costs arising in 2011.