Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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92. To ask the Taoiseach the number of Secretaries General in his Department; the annual pay of each Secretary General in his Department at 1 January 2017; and the expected change in that pay as a consequence of the provisions of the Lansdowne Road agreement. [2915/17]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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93. To ask the Taoiseach the number of assistant secretaries general in his Department; the annual pay of each assistant secretary general in his Department at 1 January 2017; and the expected change in that pay as a consequence of the provisions of the Lansdowne Road agreement. [2931/17]

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 92 and 93 together.

The Secretary General in my Department is also the Secretary General to the Government and is paid €185,350 per annum.

There is one Second Secretary General and five Assistant Secretaries General in my Department. The Second Secretary General is paid €167,300 per annum. Of the five Assistant Secretaries General, two are paid €136,496 annually, while three receive €130,706 annually.

A range of measures have impacted on the pay position of public servants since 2009. Significant salary reductions have been applied, the most recent of which were under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013 (FEMPI Act 2013) which came into effect on 1 July 2013. The effect of these reductions is that the gross annual salary of a Secretary General Level I (PPC) has been reduced by 38%, and that of a Secretary General Level I (non-PPC) by 35% from peak levels.

Pay restoration will be governed by the provisions of Section 3 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015 (FEMPI Act 2015). Under the provisions of that Act, for those on salaries in excess of €110,000, the salary reductions imposed under the FEMPI Act 2013 will be restored in three equal phases on 1 April 2017, 1 April 2018 and 1 April 2019. A Circular setting out the revised salary rates applicable from 1 April 2017 to general Civil Service grades, including Secretaries General and Assistant Secretaries General, is currently in preparation and will be issued by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in due course.