Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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543. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Secretaries General in his Department; the annual pay of each Secretary General within his Department at 1 Jan 2017; the expected change in that pay as a consequence of the provisions of the Lansdowne Road agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2901/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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My Department currently has one person with the grade of Secretary General Level II with a salary  of €176,350. 

Pay restoration for Secretaries General will be governed by the provisions of Section 3 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015.  Under the Lansdowne Road Agreement, for those on annualised remuneration in excess of €110,000 restoration will be in three equal phases with the first phase due to take place in April 2017 and the two remaining phases in April 2018 and 2019. 

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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544. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of assistant secretaries general in his Department; the annual pay of each assistant secretary general within his Department at 1 January 2017; the expected change in that pay as a consequence of the provisions of the Lansdowne Road agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2917/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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My Department currently has nine staff members with the grade of Assistant Secretary or equivalent.  The Payscales for Assistant Secretary grade or equivalent are as below:

Pre 6 April 1995€119,572-€124,917-€130,706-€136,496

Post 6 April 1995€125,761-€131,385-€137,481-€143,535

Pay restoration for Assistant Secretary and equivalents will be governed by the provisions of Section 3 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015.  Under the Lansdowne Road Agreement, for those on annualised remuneration in excess of €110,000 restoration will be in three equal phases with the first phase due to take place in April 2017 and the two remaining phases in April 2018 and 2019.