Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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781. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of staff currently employed by her Department; the current annual salary of the highest and second highest paid persons respectively, employed by her Department; and the various pay scales for persons working in her Department. [12482/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Department of Rural and Community Developmentwas established on 19^thJuly 2017 to provide a renewed and consolidated focus on rural and community development in Ireland.

At present there are 177 staff employed across my Department.  The highest and second highest-paid civil servants in my Department are the Acting Secretary General and Assistant Secretary General respectively.  Both are paid in line with Civil Service salary scales. 

Civil Service salary scales apply to staff employed in my Department, as set out in Circular 4/2022 which is available on www.gov.ie .