Written answers

Tuesday, 26 May 2015

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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339. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form, the number of public sector workers in receipt of an annual gross salary in the pay brackets €0 to €10,000; €10,001 to €20,000; €20,001 to €25,000; €25,001 to €30,000; €30,001 to €35,000; €35,001 to €40,000; €40,001 to €45,000; €45,001 to €50,000; €50,001 to €55,000; €55,001 to €60,000; €60,001 to €65,000; €65,001 to €70,000; €70,001 to €80,000; €80,001 to €90,000; €90,001 to €100,000; €100,001 to €125,000; €125,001 to €150,000; €150,000 to €200,000; €201,000 to €250,000; €250,001 to €300,000; and in excess of €300,000. [20621/15]

Photo of Brendan HowlinBrendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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The nearest data currently available within the Department to that sought by the Deputy is the estimated breakdown of employee numbers on a whole time equivalent basis (based on a whole time equivalent figure of 288,700) by salary range within the public service at end September 2014 and is set out in Table below. 

30-Sep-14
Salary Range €Whole Time Equivalent (WTE)*
0 - 25,00018,900
25,000 - 30,00022,200
30,000 - 35,00038,900
35,000 - 40,00037,300
40,000 - 45,00047,700
45,000 - 50,00026,600
50,000 - 55,00021,200
55,000 - 60,00022,500
60,000 - 65,00014,800
65,000 - 70,00010,300
70,000 - 80,00016,000
80,000 - 90,0005,100
90,000 - 100,0002,300
100,000 - 125,0001,600
125,000 to 150,0001,300
150,000 +2,000
Total288,700
* The Figures are rounded to nearest 100 and relate to the number of public servants, expressed as whole-time equivalents. These figures include employees who work part-time or avail of worksharing.

The Deputy will be aware that in June 2011 the Government introduced a general pay ceiling of €200,000 for future appointments to higher positions across the public service and a general pay ceiling of €250,000 forfuture appointments to CEO posts within Commercial State Companies.

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