Written answers
Tuesday, 26 April 2022
Department of Health
Departmental Staff
Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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1453. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed by his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department with a rate of pay below the living wage of €12.30; the role that those persons occupy within his Department or relevant body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19631/22]
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The staff of my Department are on centrally negotiated civil service pay scales.
There are a small number of Clerical Officers & Service Officers on the starting points of the pay scale for their grade, who are on salaries below the living wage of €12.30 per hour (gross) but as they progress over time on their respective pay scale, their salaries will exceed the living wage.
I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy in relation to their workforce.
In respect of the Non-Commercial State Agencies under the aegis of my Department, I have sought to collect and collate the data and I will provide this by way of separate letter to the Deputy as soon as possible.
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