Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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297. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of secretary generals 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. [2914/17]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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There is one Secretary General employed in my Department. Her annual salary at 1 January 2017 was €176,350.

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

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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298. To ask the Minister for Social Protection 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. [2930/17]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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There are ten Assistant Secretaries General employed in my Department. The annual cost for each Assistant Secretary General at 1 January 2017 is as follows: €119, 572 (x 2 Assistant Secretaries), €124,917 (x 2), €130,706, €136,496 (x 4) and €143,535.

Under the provisions of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015 (FEMPI Act 2015), 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 Assistant Secretaries General, is currently in preparation and will be issued by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in due course.