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Tuesday, 23 July 2024

Department of An Taoiseach

Central Statistics Office

Photo of Aengus Ó SnodaighAengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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9.To ask the Taoiseach the estimated cost of establishing a new unit of four statisticians at junior grade in the Central Statistics Office. [33436/24]

Photo of Hildegarde NaughtonHildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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Circular 08/2024 from the Department of Public Expenditure NDP Delivery and Reform sets out the adjustments to civil service pay in accordance with the Public Service Agreement 2024-2026, from 1stJune 2024. Circular 08/2024 provides the salary scales of all grades and CSO staff are paid in accordance with that circular.

The revised pay scale with effect from 1 June 2024 for Statisticians appointed on or after 6th April 1995 that are paying the Class A rate of PRSI contribution and making an employee contribution in respect of personal superannuation benefits (PPC) for General Service Grades is as follows.

STATISTICIAN PAYSCALE AS AT 1 JUNE 2024

Grade Description STATISTICIAN – PPC
Scale Point
1 €38,708.00
2 €41,403.00
3 €42,176.00
4 €45,552.00
5 €49,870.00
6 €53,213.00
7 €56,650.00
8 €60,146.00
9 €63,635.00
10 €67,105.00
11 €78,303.00
12 €81,188.00
13 €84,111.00
14 €87,044.00
15 €89,973.00
16 €91,662.00 NMAX
17 €94,617.00 First LSI
18 €97,583.00 Second LSI

The average Statistician salary cost in CSO on 31stDecember 2023, inclusive of employer PRSI costs, was €82,306 putting the average cost of establishing a new unit of four Statisticians in the CSO at €329,224.

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