Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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271. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to remedy a discrepancy in pay being given to temporary clerical officers, who have a starting contract wage of €379, instead of €460 and whereby same was acknowledged in an official circular in 2013 and wherein commitments were made to readjust the pay scale and ensure that this particular inequality was addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33861/16]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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It is the position that there is no difference in the current pay rate of Temporary Clerical Officers (TCOs) and Clerical Officers (COs). The pay of TCOs and COs is subject to Government pay policy and is controlled by the relevant circulars issued by my Department including the two most recent circulars 2/2014 and 17/2015 which can be found on www.circulars.gov.ie.