Written answers

Tuesday, 16 July 2013

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

Exchequer Savings

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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399. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in a tabular form the annual net and gross saving to the Exchequer, following the implementation of the Haddington Road Agreement, if TDs salaries were capped at €75,000 per annum. [34463/13]

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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400. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in a tabular form the annual net and gross saving to the Exchequer, following the implementation of the Haddington Road Agreement, if Senators salaries were capped at €60,000 per annum. [34464/13]

Photo of Brendan HowlinBrendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 399 and 400 together.

The remuneration of members of the Oireachtas was reduced on 1 July 2013 in accordance with the provisions of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013. This represented a further 5.84% reduction in remuneration for TDs, from €92,672 to €87,258. Senator’s salaries have been reduced to €65,000, in line with the legislation, which provides that the reductions in the legislation shall only operate to reduce remuneration to that level.

The estimated gross saving to the Exchequer should a cap of €60,000 be applied to the basic pay of all Senators and a cap of €75,000 be applied to all TDs, as suggested by the Deputy, is set out in the table below.

PositionsCurrent Cost per annumCapped Cost per annumGross Annual Saving
TDs€14,484,828€12,450,000€2,034,828
Senators*€3,900,000€3,600,000€300,000

*There are currently 59 Senators, but the estimate has been calculated for the full complement of 60.

It is not possible to estimate the net saving to the Exchequer which would arise from the application of the suggested pay caps as deductions, such as PRSI and income tax, are calculated on an individual basis.

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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401. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual saving to the Exchequer if all State Agency board fees were reduced by 25% under the aegis of his Department. [34465/13]

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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412. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the fees and expenses paid to each member of each State board to include the chair and board member and the number of members on each State board under the aegis of his Department. [34518/13]

Photo of Brendan HowlinBrendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 401 and 412 together. In response to the Deputy’s questions I can only provide information on behalf of my Department only but I understand a copy has already been submitted to other Departments in the meantime. The following table gives a breakdown of the fees and expenses paid to each member of each State board under the aegis of my Department in 2012:

State BoardNumber of MembersName of Member Fees PaidExpenses Paid
Civil Service Arbitration Board - Civil Service, Defence Forces, Gardaí & Teachers Arbitration Boards6John Doherty, Chairperson€552 per day wef 1 July 2013Nil
Gerard Barry€392 per day wef 1July 2013Nil
Tom Wall€4,346 per annum wef 1 July 2013, for 11 sitting daysNil
George Maybury€392 per annum wef 1 July 2013Nil
Hugh Flaherty€392 per annum wef 1 July 2013Nil
Brendan Duffy, Adjudicator€295 wef 1 July 2013Nil
National Lottery Board7 (6 Serving)Donal ConnellNilNil
Dermot Griffin €11,000€6,911
Micheál Ó' Muircheartaigh€12,600Nil
Oliver Wilkinson€12,600Nil
Caroline Murphy€12,600Nil
Peter QuinnNilNil
James HylandNil€3,165
Public Appointments Service9 (2 vacancies at present)Eddie Sullivan, Chairman€11,970Nil
Des Dowling, Assistant Secretary - Dept of Environment, Community & Local GovernmentNilNil
Dr. Deirdre O'Keeffe, Assistant Secretary - Dept of Justice & EqualityNilNil
Patricia Coleman, Director - Dept of Public Expenditure & Reform (resigning from Board)NilNil
Seán McGrath - National Director of HR in the HSE (resigned and replaced by)

Barry O'Brien - National Director of HR in the HSE in September 2012
Nil







Nil
Nil







Nil
Judith Eve - former Chairperson of the Civil Service Commissioners, Northern Ireland€7,695€286.99

(in respect of travel from Belfast for Board meetings)
Dr. Eddie Molloy - Management Consultant€7,695Nil
Dan Murphy - former General Secretary of the PSEU€7,695Nil
Bryan Andrews as CEO of the PAS held office on an ex officio basis

(replaced by)

Fiona Tierney, CEO, PAS in March 2012
Not paid as Board members - part of CEO roleNil







Nil
Outside Appointments Board5 in total, (1 vacancy at present)Robert Watt - Secretary General Dept of Public Expenditure & ReformNilNil
Martin Frazer - Secretary General Dept of An TaoiseachNilNil
Breege O'DonoghueNilNil
Peter MaloneNilNil

The annual saving to the Exchequer if all of the above State Agency board fees were reduced by 25% would amount to €2,590.75.

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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402. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the net and gross saving to the Exchequer if all public sector pay excluidng hospital consultabnt pay wer capped at €100,000 [34466/13]

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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403. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the net and gross saving to the Exchequer if all public sector pay was capped at €100,000. [34467/13]

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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407. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public sector workers in receipt of salaries within the following the bands (details supplied). [34472/13]

Photo of Brendan HowlinBrendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 402, 403 and 407 together.

I refer to my replies to Questions 49133/12, 49134/12, 49188/12, 49189/12 and 49296/12 of 8 November 2012. Data is currently being collated to reflect the implementation of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act, 2013 and its effect on salary pay bands.

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