Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the number of semi-State and State agency executives and employees on an agency by agency basis that have salaries of more than €100,000 per year; if he will provide this information in tabular form, detailing any additional allowances, bonuses and the annual cost to the Exchequer of any pension packages to such employees, in terms of tax reliefs or other costs; if he will provide this information for the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51613/12]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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In answer to the Deputy’s question the following is the position in respect of the agencies under the aegis of my Department.

Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB).

The table hereunder outlines salary details for the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012. With regard to additional allowances, bonuses and annual cost to the Exchequer of pension packages no additional amounts were incurred.

It should be noted that as my Department only covers 50% of the SEUBP staff costs, the cost to the Irish Exchequer for 2012 is €52,000. One officer of the Special EU Programmes Body earned more than €100k in 2012. The employee’s salary has not increased in the period 2010-2012 but as the salary is denominated in sterling, recent exchange rate fluctuations have resulted in salary cost increasing above the 100k threshold.

An Post National Lottery Company

In relation to An Post National Lottery Company which comes under the aegis of my Department I wish to inform the Deputy that pay and pensions issues are a matter for An Post. The information requested regarding salaries, allowances, bonuses and pension packages would therefore be provided by the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.