Written answers
Tuesday, 2 October 2012
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Departmental Staff Remuneration
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will publish details of all allowances paid to staff in his Department; the business case made by his Department in respect of these allowances to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; the cost of each individual allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41421/12]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The list of allowances and rates payable to staff in my Department are as set out in the table below. These are classified as allowances in the nature of pay and are subject to income tax and other deductions. Certain allowances cannot be paid in combination with other allowances, for example an on-call allowance is not payable to staff in receipt of shift allowance etc.
The business cases made in respect of these allowances are available from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform website (www.per.gov.ie) and are divided into common allowances available throughout the Civil Service and allowances specific to technical grades within my Department.
TABLE 1
Allowance | Rate at Modified PRSI | Rate at Personal Pension Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Private Secretary to Minister & Minister of State | €19,653 per annum | €20,685 per annum |
| Private Secretary to Secretary General | €10,406 per annum | €10,951 per annum |
| Service Officer Supervisory Allowance | €51.84 per week and €61.07 p.w. after 13 years’ service. | €54.58 per week and €64.26 p.w. after 13 years’ service. |
| Service Officers Key holder Allowance | €33.91 per week | €35.67 per week |
| Service Officers Driver's Allowance | €49.58 per week | €52.21 per week |
| Service Officers Franking Allowance | €32.60 per week | €34.29 per week |
| Service Officers Duplicating Room Allowance | €54.36 per week | €63.37 per week |
| Irish Coast Guard (IRCG) Shift Allowance | 13%, 16.667% or 27% of salary –percentage award is grade specific. | |
| IRCG Radio Officer Grade II Allowance | €5,170 per annum | €5,284 per annum |
| IRCG Radio Officer Grade III Allowance | €3,449 per annum, €4,595 after 12 years’ service. | €3,629 per annum, €4,834 after 12 years’ service. |
| IRCG Station Officer Allowance | €2,873 per annum | €3,040 per annum |
| IRCG On Call Allowance | €6,021 per annum | |
| Marine Survey Office Surveyor Officer in Charge | €5,455 per annum | €5,741 per annum |
| Superintendent Marine Mercantile Office | €2,819.60 per annum | |
| Aeronautical Officer Allowance | €6,744 per annum | |
| Higher Duty Allowance - payable to staff formally assigned to a higher grade on an acting or temporary basis. | Rate calculated as the difference between current salary and rate payable at higher grade. | |
| Delegates Allowance - payable in respect of travel abroad (other than to the U.K.) where the officer is a member of a delegation representing the State at a meeting. | Rates payable are prescribed in Dept Public Expenditure and Reform Circulars 4/1979 and 1/1981 - attendance at meetings abroad. | |
| Allowance Personal to Holder (APTH) | Allowance payable to staff employed in Revenue in relation to grade restructuring retained upon transfer to other Departments. |
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