Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 346: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the salaries and allowances paid to her private secretary and to the Secretary General of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5034/12]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The salary paid to the Secretary General of my Department is €191,417. The Secretary General is not in receipt of an allowance. In my Department, the Private Secretary to the Minister is a civil servant at Higher Executive Officer level. The appropriate salary scale is €43,816 - €55,415, with an allowance of €19,653 per annum. The salaries and allowances payable to civil servants are in accordance with those outlined by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.