Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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1369. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the agencies and State organisations under her Department that are receiving State funding that do not have to declare salaries of employees under the 2016 code of governance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40040/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that the staff of agencies, offices and bodies under the aegis of my Department are remunerated in accordance with the applicable pay scales and levels sanctioned by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

Neither I as Minister, my officials nor the agencies, offices or bodies themselves have discretion to set pay rates for staff. Staff working in the majority of these agencies are Ministerial employees and are remunerated from the Justice Vote (Vote 24). The associated salary costs are accounted for in the annual appropriation account for the Vote, which is prepared in accordance with the relevant legislation and with the applicable accounting rules and procedures laid down by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. Agencies with their own Vote similarly account for their salary costs in the annual appropriation accounts for those Votes.

Further information relating to staffing levels and salary costs in justice sector agencies can be found in the published governance, oversight and performance agreements between my Department and agencies under its aegis, available on my Department's website, and in the annual reports/financial statements produced by agencies.

Such information typically includes details of the agency’s pay budget, a breakdown of its staffing by grade and, in some cases, additional information such as the numbers of salaries within specific pay bands, the CEO’s salary and/or the combined remuneration of the senior leadership team.