Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Question 309: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list of all allowances and the payment rates of those allowances paid to staff in his Department that are subject to income tax and the list of allowances and the payment rates paid to staff that are not subject to income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31966/12]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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The accompanying table sets out the taxable and non-taxable allowances in the nature of pay that are currently being paid to staff in my Department and the Offices and Agencies for whom my Department provides payroll services. The rates payable are sanctioned by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. An annualised amount has been provided where possible. In respect of some of these allowances, a range has been provided where the rates reflect grade or where there are two rates depending on whether the individual joined the civil service pre- or post- 1995.

Separate to these allowances, the Department also pays travel and subsistence allowances in accordance with the rates set out by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. These payments are not taxable and are not in the nature of pay.

In addition, the Department pays for a number of staff on secondment to the Department of Foreign Affairs in respect of posts in Brussels, Geneva and London. The following non-taxable allowances are payable through the Department of Foreign Affairs payroll: