David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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31. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of ensuring that workers recruited in her Department post-2011 are paid the pre-2011 rate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17104/16]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has responsibility for the development and implementation of Government public service pay policy. The changes to payscales introduced for civil servants recruited after 2011 were introduced at a time when it was critical to reduce the public sector pay bill. No decision has been made at this juncture to revert to pre 2011 pay rates. The Deputy however will also be aware that the Government is currently in the process of establishing a Public Service Pay Commission to examine pay levels across the public service. The precise structure of such a commission and the technical aspects as to how it would operate have yet to be decided upon by Government and will require broad consultation, including engagement with staff representatives as committed to in the Lansdowne Road Agreement.