Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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365. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection 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. [12483/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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At present, there are 6,756 staff employed across the Department of Social Protection. The highest and second highest paid civil servants in the Department are the Secretary General and Deputy Secretary. Both are paid in line with Civil Service salary scales.

Civil Service salary scales apply to staff employed in my Department. These are most recently outlined in Circular 04/2022 which can be found online at www.gov.ie/en/circular/ef515-application-of-1st-february-2022-pay-adjustments/.