Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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275. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will indicate, in respect of public health doctors and community medicine doctors who are on salaries of €65,000 or less and who work less than whole-time hours, are having pay cuts imposed in breach of the Haddington Road agreement; the measures he proposes to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42035/13]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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It is a well established principle that the pay of job or work sharers and those on atypical work patterns is calculated by reference to the whole time equivalent pay rate for the grade or post in question. Under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013, pay reductions for public servants including public health doctors on annual salary rates in excess of €65,000 are calculated by reference to the full time equivalent salary and applied on a pro rata basis to those who work less than full time hours. The reduced pay rates are calculated and applied in this way which is consistent with the legislation governing the conditions of employment of part-time workers. Accordingly, the reduction in the rate of pay for full time and job sharing public servants is the same and any change in this relationship would create an inequity in the rate of pay for those doing similar work.