Written answers
Tuesday, 8 May 2012
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Public Sector Remuneration
9:00 pm
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 195: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form. the total public sector pay bill for 2011; the projected public sector pay bill for 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015; the total public sector pension bill for 2011; and the projected public sector pension bill for 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. [22971/12]
Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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The figures sought by the Deputy are set out below.
| Gross Exchequer Pay€bn | Pension Related Deduction (PRD) | Gross Exchequer Pensions€bn | Total Exchequer Pay net of PRD & Pensions€bn | |
| 2011 | 15.6 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 17.5 |
| 2012 | 15.4 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 17.4 |
| 2013 | 15.0 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 17.1 |
| 2014 | 14.7 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 16.9 |
| 2015 | 14.6 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 16.8 |
2011 figure is the provisional outturn
2012 – 2015 figures are estimates
The pay bill peaked at €17.5bn in 2009 and will fall by €3.8bn by 2015, inclusive of the PRD. In the same period, the pensions bill will increase by €0.5bn from €2.6bn to €3.1bn, resulting in a pay and pensions bill saving of €3.3bn by 2015.
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