Written answers
Tuesday, 6 March 2012
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
Public Sector Pay
8:00 pm
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 336: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, following the response of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 1 February 2012 in which he states the remuneration of city and county managers is sanctioned by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and was reduced in January 2010 in accordance with policy on pay, if he will supply in a tabular format the annual remuneration of each current city and county manager including his or her annual salary, allowances and expenses. [12609/12]
Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Salaries of City and County Managers are set out in the City and County Managers (Remuneration) (No.2) Order 2010. The salaries for City and County Managers are set out in the table.
| Local Authority Manager | Salary |
| Dublin City Council | € 189,301 |
| Cork County Council Fingal County Council South Dublin County Council | € 162,062 |
| Cork City Council Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Kildare County Council Meath County Council | € 153,260 |
| Limerick City Council Clare County Council Donegal County Council Galway County Council Kerry County Council Kilkenny County Council Limerick County Council Louth County Council Mayo County Council South Tipperary County Council Westmeath County Council Wexford County Council Wicklow County Council | € 142,469 |
| Galway City Council Waterford City Council Carlow County Council Cavan County Council Laois County Council Leitrim County Council Longford County Council Monaghan County Council Offaly County Council Roscommon County Council Sligo County Council North Tipperary County Council Waterford County Council | € 132,511 |
There are a number of allowances available to County and City Managers.
County and City Managers may submit claims in respect of travel and subsistence expenses incurred as part of their official duties in accordance with the relevant travel and subsistence circulars. All local authorities are obliged to ensure that only essential travel is undertaken and that the number of employees going on any official journey is kept to an absolute minimum. Local authorities are also obliged to ensure that related expenditure is critically appraised and monitored.
A Manager may claim up to 7.5% of their salary in substitution of motor mileage rates contained in the travel and subsistence circulars, where a local authority considers that those allowances do not adequately recompense the Manager for the extent to which their car is used for official business.
A Manager or Assistant Manager may claim an allowance in respect of individual or casual entertainment expenses incurred by them in relation to development functions and public relations associated therewith. The level of allowance corresponds to the number of Assistant Managers and is contained in the following table.
| County or City Manager | Up to €2,095 |
| Manager and one Assistant Manager | Up to €3,683 |
| Manager and two or more Assistant Managers | Up to €5,270 |
| Manager and three or more Assistant Managers | Up to €6,858 |
County and City Managers with designated responsibility for a Regional Authority may claim an allowance of €5,662 per annum in respect of these responsibilities.
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