Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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27. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the salary costs associated with the secretary general of each Department in 2021. [1748/22]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The salary rates for Secretary General posts at Level I, II and III are published by my Department at www.gov.ie/en/circulars/.

From the 1st of January 2021 to the 30th of September 2021, the salary rate for Secretary General Level I and Level II was €211,742, and the rate for Secretary General Level III was €200,598.

Section 3.1.3 of Building Momentum - A New Public Service Agreement 2021-2022 provided for a general round increase in annualised basic salary for all public servants of 1% or €500, whichever is greater, on 1 October 2021.

Reflecting this adjustment, from the 1st of October 2021 until the 31st of December 2021, the salary rate for Secretary General Level I and Level II was €213,859, and the rate for Secretary General Level III was €202,604.

As the Deputy will be aware, a revised salary of €292,000 was sanctioned for recruitment to the post of the Secretary General of the Department of Health, reflecting the challenges and very significant responsibilities attached to this role. Reflecting the adjustment provided under Building Momentum, the rate for the post in the Department of Health with effect from 01 October 2021 is €294,920.

For the information of the Deputy, the Secretary General posts graded at Level I are: Department of Finance; Department of an Taoiseach; and Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

The Secretary General posts graded at Level II are: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment; Department of Justice; Department of Foreign Affairs; Department of Environment, Climate and Communications; Department of Social Protection; Department of Education; Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage; Department of Transport; and the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.

The Secretary General posts graded at Level III are Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media; Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; Department of Defence; Department of Rural and Community Development; and Secretary General to the President.