Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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377. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of officials in each Department that waived a portion of their salary in 2021; the amount of funding saved by the Exchequer for these returns in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1117/22]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Section 483 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, provides for a gift on an annual basis to be made to the Minister for Finance to be applied for any purpose for or towards the cost of which public moneys are provided.  Gifts are accepted by the Minister for Finance.

Gifting of salary is a personal matter for individual taxpayers. If an official wishes to gift part of his or her salary, the relevant Department is required to put in place administrative arrangements to facilitate this.  The information is not centrally held by my Department.

In any event, I understand that the tax affairs of individual taxpayers cannot be disclosed due to the obligation to protect taxpayer confidentiality as provided for by section 851A of the Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997. Furthermore, I understand that there are considerations under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in relation to the disclosure of personal data.

However, I understand that some aggregate information in relation to gifting of salary is provided in the Finance Accounts - Audited Financial Statements of the Exchequer, Statement 1.2 Non-Tax Revenue – Current and Capital, which are audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General and published each year.

Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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378. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full cost of salary remuneration provided to the secretary general of each Department for each month in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1118/22]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I refer the Deputy to the following document (TAB A) which details the current levels of Secretary General posts listed by Government Department, and the sanctioned salary levels during 2021 for each post.

Information on the payments made on a monthly basis to each individual is of a personal nature. Due to General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) around personal data a further breakdown of these figures is unable to be provided.