Written answers
Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Department of Finance
Public Sector Staff Remuneration
Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Independent)
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214. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of personnel in whole-time equivalent terms in his Department and in bodies under the aegis of his Department in each of the following earnings brackets: less than €20,000, €20,001 to €30,000, €30,001 to €40,000, €40,001 to €50,000, €50,001 to €60,000, €60,001 to €70,000, €70,001 to €80,000, €80,001 to €90,000, €90,001 to €100,000, €100,000 to €125,000, €125,001 to €150,000, €150,001 to €175,000, €175,001 to €200,000, €200,001 to €250,000, €250,001 to €300,000, €300,001 to €350,000, €350,001 to €400,000, €400,001 to €450,000, €450,001 to €500,000, and more than €500,000. [22789/13]
Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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The following table sets out the number of personnel in whole-time equivalent terms in respect of my Department in each of the following earning brackets.
| Earnings Band € | Number of employees |
|---|---|
| 0-20,000 | 12.9 |
| 20,001-30,000 | 67.36 |
| 30,001-40,000 | 71.2 |
| 40,001-50,000 | 39 |
| 50,001-60,000 | 35.4 |
| 60,001-70,000 | 2.8 |
| 70,001-80,000 | 33 |
| 80,001-90,000 | 33 |
| 90,001-100,000 | 10 |
| 100,001-125,000 | 9 |
| 125,001-150,000 | 6 |
| 150,001-175,000 | 0 |
| 175,001-200,000 | 3 |
| > 200,001 | 0 |
The Revenue Commissioners have provided me with the following information in relation to the 2012 Revenue earnings of currently serving Revenue staff. The figures are net of any voluntary surrender of salary under Section 483 of the Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997.
| Earnings band in 2012 | Number of employees (WTE)* |
|---|---|
| <20,000 | 222.4 |
| 20,001 - 30,000 | 807.8 |
| 30,001 - 40,000 | 1,453.7 |
| 40,001 - 50,000 | 1,444 |
| 50,001 - 60,000 | 893.7 |
| 60,001 - 70,000 | 409.3 |
| 70,001 - 80,000 | 180.8 |
| 80,001 - 90,000 | 142.9 |
| 90,001 - 100,000 | 38 |
| 100,001 - 125,000 | 60 |
| 125,001 - 150,000 | 12 |
| 150,001 - 175,000 | 0 |
| 175,001 - 200,000 | 3 |
| 200,001 - 250,000 | 0 |
| 250,001 - 300,000 | 0 |
| > 300,000 | 0 |
Number of employees (WTE)*
*the WTEs provided are based on salary multipliers which take account of worksharers, staff on special unpaid leave and half-pay
The table for the Appeals Commissioners is as follows:
| Earnings band in 2012 | Number of employees |
|---|---|
| <20,000 | |
| 20,001 - 30,000 | 1 |
| 30,001 - 40,000 | |
| 40,001 - 50,000 | 1 |
| 50,001 - 60,000 | |
| 60,001 - 70,000 | |
| 70,001 - 80,000 | |
| 80,001 - 90,000 | |
| 90,001 - 100,000 | |
| 100,001 - 125,000 | |
| 125,001 - 150,000 | |
| 150,001 - 175,000 | 2 |
| 175,001 - 200,000 | |
| 200,001 - 250,000 | |
| 250,001 - 300,000 | |
| > 300,000 |
Details for the Disabled Drivers Scheme are as follows:
1 WTE earns between €150,000 - €200,000
1 WTE earns between €40,000 - € 60,000
Details for the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council are as follows:
Number of persons between €100,000 – €80,000: 1 person
Number of persons between €60,000 – €40,000: 2 people
National Treasury Management Agency
The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) provides asset and liability management services to Government. Businesses managed by the NTMA include borrowing for the Exchequer and management of the National Debt, the State Claims Agency, the New Economy and Recovery Authority, the National Pensions Reserve Fund and the National Development Finance Agency. It assigns staff to the National Asset Management Agency and also provides it with business and support services and systems. All NAMA staff are employees of the NTMA.
The NTMA business model is specifically designed to carry out commercial and market-facing functions while being funded from the Exchequer (except in the case of NAMA which reimburses the NTMA from income generated). Under the NTMA business model, its remuneration structure is such that there are no general pay grades and no pay scales and all staff are on individually-negotiated contracts.
The NTMA publishes information on salaries by salary band in its Annual Report. The 2012 Annual Report is scheduled for publication in July 2013. Salary band information was updated by the NTMA in information provided to the Dáil Public Accounts Committee last December. That information is set out below.
| - | NTMA (excluding NAMA) | NAMA | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up to €50,000 | 92 | 26 | 118 |
| €50,001 to €100,000 | 122 | 108 | 230 |
| €100,001 to €150,000 | 34 | 71 | 105 |
| €150,001 to €200,000 | 14 | 18 | 32 |
| €200,001 to €250,000 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| €250,001 to €300,000 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| €300,001 to €400,000 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| €400,001 to €500,000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 273 | 227 | 500 |
Notes: The public service pension deduction is applied to NTMA employees.
All fifteen NTMA employees whose salaries exceeded €200,000 agreed to the Minister for Finance’s request of December 2011 that they waive 15% of salary or such amount of salary as exceeds €200,000 if application of the full 15% reduction would bring their salary to below €200,000. These reductions are reflected in the above table.
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