Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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131. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment 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. [12473/22]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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There are currently a total of 982 staff in my Department with a full time equivalency of which 945.47.

As of the 3March 2022 the highest and second highest annual salary associated with staff of my Department are €205,199 and €181,439 respectively.  Remuneration of all the staff of my Department and its Offices is as sanctioned by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in line with Government policy. 

The Remuneration, Industrial Relations and Pensions Division of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) is responsible for the issuing and maintenance of grades and their associated pay scales across the civil service, including approved payscales for staff at my Department. There are a wide range of standard and specialised pay scales for staff employed in the civil service and my HR and Finance teams access relevant departmental payscales from the centrally approved database, which provides both current and historic grade and scale information and which is available at civilservicepayscales.per.gov.ie.