Martin Ferris (Kerry North-West Limerick, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form, the number of staff in his Department, or in bodies which fall under the remit of his Department, whose annual remuneration including salary, pension and benefits at 31 December 2011 fell into bands of €400,000 and above, between €300,000 to €399,999, between €200,000 to €299,999 and between €150,000 to €199,000; and if he will provide a breakdown of the positions held by the staff in the relevant pay brackets. [52571/12]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Two members of staff of the Department fall within the bands referred to by the Deputy. The salary of the Secretary General is €200,000. The Chief Inspector has a current salary of €154,839. No member of staff in my Department earns a salary of €300,000 or above. The details of salaries for the State Agencies under the aegis of my Department are matters for the Agencies themselves.

Martin Ferris (Kerry North-West Limerick, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has made any contacts requesting staff whose annual salary is in excess of €200,000 in his Department or in any body under the remit of his Department, to waive 15% of their salary or such amount in excess of €200,000 whichever is the lesser; if he has, the date on which he first made this contact; the number of staff whose annual salaries were in excess of €200,000 at that date; the number of staff who acquiesced to the request for the waiver; the number of staff who refused the request for the waiver and the number of staff who have not responded to the request for the waiver. [52572/12]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The position in relation to my Department is that the salary paid to the Secretary General in my Department is currently €200,000 which takes account of a salary surrender of 15% and is in line with the Government decision of 21 June 2011 to adopt a general policy of a €200,000 pay ceiling for senior positions across the Public Service. The Minister wrote to the Chief Executive Officers of both the non-commercial and commercial State bodies informing them of the government decision in relation to the voluntary waiver of 15% or such amount in excess of €200,000, or in the case of the commercial State bodies such amount in excess of €250,000, whichever is the lesser, on 22 July 2011.