Written answers
Tuesday, 2 October 2012
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Departmental Staff Allowances
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform 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. [41418/12]
Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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The table shows the allowances and payment rates being paid to certain staff in my Department. Many of these are “common” or “general service allowances” i.e. allowances that are in payment to civil servants across more than one Department. Business cases were prepared in this Department for allowances which were paid to civil servants across more than one Department and these business cases have been posted on the Department’s website.
Departments were not required to submit business cases for allowances that are held on a personal-to-holder basis or for allowances that are not available to any new beneficiary.
A business case was submitted and approved for payment of the Employee Assistance Officer allowance to new beneficiaries. This, together with all business cases submitted for review are published on the Departments’ website www.per.gov.ie.
Allowance | Description | Value | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Personal to Holder Allowances | Payable to staff who are now in this Department and were part of the integration agreement in the Office of the Revenue Commissioners | €28.20 to €234.91 (payment range fortnightly) | Departments were not required to submit business cases for allowances that are held on a person-to-holder basis or for ‘legacy’ allowances as they are ring-fenced and consequently not available to any new beneficiaries. |
| 2. | Child Allowance | Only payable to staff employed in certain grades in the Civil Service on or before 31/12/1978. Eligibility time limits apply. | €113 p.a. | Departments were not required to submit business cases for allowances that are held on a person-to-holder basis or for ‘legacy’ allowances as they are ring-fenced and consequently not available to any new beneficiaries. |
| 3. | Higher Duties | Payable on a temporary basis to staff carrying out duties appropriate to a higher grade. Payment rate is determined by the differential between grades and existing pay point. | €106.94 to €459.10 (payment range fortnightly) | All acting higher duties allowances are restricted under the moratorium. Plans are in place to ensure that where an exception is allowed, such payments can only be paid where the acting-up period exceeds a continuous period of 84 days - a trebling of the previous requirement. |
| 4. | Private Secretary | Payable to staff carrying out duties appropriate to the post of Private Secretary to the Minister and the Secretary General’s Office. | €20,685 p.a. ppc €10,951 p.a. ppc | The retention element for these allowances has been abolished for new beneficiaries. These allowances are subject to further review by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. |
| 5. | Programme for Competitiveness and Work (PCW) Pay Agreement 1% Allowance to small number of staff in AHCPS grades | PCW 1% Allowance : Agreed under PCW for small number of staff in AHCPS grades | €48.60 to €121.46 (payment range fortnightly) | Payment of this allowance was unaffected by the review. |
| 6. | On Call / Call out allowance | €281.79 to €1061.44 (payment range / paid as appropriate) | Departments are being asked to review structures and systems in place, including an examination of the grades and numbers assigned to on-call rosters, with a view to reducing the level of instances of payment. The allowance will only be payable where these is a clear necessity and subject to a minimum of 12 call outs per year. | |
| 7 | EAO Allowance | Allowance payable to Employee Assistance Officers to take account of the particular duties of the role, including additional hours of attendance. | €6,108 p.a ppc | A business case was submitted for review and was approved. |
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