Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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509. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff currently employed by his Department; the current annual salary of the highest and second highest paid persons respectively, employed by his Department; and the various pay scales for persons working in his Department. [12478/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As of 31 January 2022, there were 689 employees (672 FTEs) employed in the Department of Health. 

The highest paid role in my Department is Secretary General and the current annual salary for that role is €297,869 since 1 February 2022.  The second highest paid is for those in roles paid at the grade of Deputy Secretary or equivalent.

Circular 04 of 2022 sets out the pay scales as of 1 February 2022 for general service grade civil servants working in my Department and is available on the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform’s website at www.gov.ie/en/circular/ef515-application-of-1st-february-2022-pay-adjustments/.