David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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371. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the administrative device his Department has designed to ensure that Ministers, Ministers of State, and the Taoiseach do not receive their pay increase as per the Lansdowne Road agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31943/16]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The mechanism by which Members of the Government and Ministers of State will waive the amounts due under the pay restoration provisions of the Lansdowne Road Agreement and the FEMPI Act 2015 is through Section 483 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997. This section applies to a gift of money made and accepted by the Minister for Finance for use by the Minister for any purpose for or towards the cost of which public moneys are provided. This will entail Members completing a Waiver Form annually in respect of the amount due in each of the years 2017, 2018 and 2019. The amount waived in each year will equal the restoration elements due in respect of both TD and Ministerial remuneration.