Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in a tabular form, a breakdown of the the total remuneration packages including pay, allowances such as travel and expenses, and contractual pension arrangements for each of the four Dublin local authorities city and county managers; and if he will provide the same remuneration details for all heads of Departments/senior managers of each of the local authorities. [49810/12]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The salaries of the managers in Dublin local authorities are set in the context of manager salaries more broadly. The salaries for county and city managers are set out in the following table.

The pay scale for Directors of Service begins at €90,453 and ends at €106,900.

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 and city managers with designated responsibility for a Regional Authority may claim an allowance of € 5,662 per annum in respect of these responsibilities.

Article 78 of the Local Government (Superannuation) (Consolidation) Scheme 1998 to 2012 deals with the pension entitlement of county and city managers.