Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 660: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the salaries and allowances paid to his private secretary and to the Secretary General of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5036/12]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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My Private Secretary is on the Higher Executive Officer payscale €46,426 - €57,251 and receives an allowance of €19,653 per annum, which is subject to tax.

The Secretary General of my Department receives €200,000 per annum and has already taken a voluntary reduction in his salary.

Decisions regarding reducing or adjusting salary scales and allowances are dealt with centrally by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.