Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Secretaries General in his Department; the annual pay of each Secretary General in 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. [2906/17]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of assistant secretaries general in his Department; the annual pay of each assistant secretary general in 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. [2922/17]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 175 and 176 together.

At 1 January 2017, as is currently the case, there was one Secretary General in my Department on an annual salary of €176,350.

In addition, there is one Deputy Secretary in my Department on an annual salary of €156,380 and eight Assistant Secretaries General on annual salaries as follows:

- 2 on a salary of €119,572

- 1 on a salary of 125,761

- 5 on a salary of €136,496

Under the provisions of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015 (FEMPI Act 2015), which underpins the Lansdowne Road Agreement, 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 the aforementioned grades, is currently in preparation and will be issued by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in due course.