Written answers
Thursday, 27 April 2023
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Public Sector Pay
Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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219. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the 3% pay increase granted in February 2022 to public servants under the ‘pay restoration programme’ will be paid out to those workers who have not yet received it. [20005/23]
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I take it that the Deputy is referring to the review and extension to the public service pay agreement Building Momentum that was brokered by the Workplace Relations Commission last August.
The following pay adjustments were scheduled to apply during Building Momentum – A New Public Service Agreement 2021 – 2022:
- A general round increase in annualised basic salary for all public servants of 1% or €500, whichever is greater, on 1 October 2021.
- The equivalent of a 1% increase in annualised basic salaries to be used as a Sectoral Bargaining Fund on 1 February 2022.
- A general round increase in annualised basic salary for all public servants of 1% or €500, whichever is greater, on 1 October 2022.
Three additional pay adjustments totalling 6.5% are provided for under the Building Momentum extension over 2022 and 2023. These are:
- An increase in annualised basic salaries for public servants of 3% backdated to 2 February 2022.
- An increase in annualised basic salaries for public servants of 2% on 1 March 2023.
- An increase in annualised basic salaries for public servants of 1.5% or €750, whichever is greater, on 1 October 2023.
I understand relevant adjustments for 2022 have been implemented for the vast majority of staff and pensioners at this stage. However, queries in relation to the implementation in particular sectors, such as Health or Education, should be raised in the first instance with the relevant parent Department. Queries in respect of individuals should be directed to the relevant local Human Resources Units.
The current rates of pay for the civil service, for which I have responsibility, are set out in DPENDR Circular 02/2023 Application of 1 March Pay Adjustment, which can be found here: www.gov.ie/en/circular/64f5a-circular-02-2023-application-of-1-march-pay-adjustment/
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