Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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223. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 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. [12485/22]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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The number of staff currently serving in my Department is 387.

The highest paid Civil Servant in my Department serves as Secretary General and her current annual salary is €194,399.  The second highest paid civil servants in my Department serve at assistant secretary grade.  Two civil servants receive an annual salary of €157,886. 

Civil Service pay scales apply to all staff employed in my Department as set out in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform's most recent pay circular published on www.gov.ie.A more detailed breakdown of pay and grading structure for my Department is set out in tabular form below.