Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Defence 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 2012 fell into bands of €150,000 to €199,000, €200,000 to €299,999, €300,000 to €399,999, and €400,000 and above; and if he will provide a breakdown of the positions held by staff in the relevant pay brackets. [6120/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The Defence organisation includes civil servants, military personnel and civilian employees. It also includes the bodies under its aegis which, at 31 December 2012, were the Army Pensions Board and the Civil Defence Board. The Civil Defence Board has since been dissolved. None of the staff of the Defence organisation or its agencies are employed on a salary of €199,000 or above. Two individuals, the Secretary General and Chief of Staff, receive annual salaries in the €150,000 to €199,000 band.