Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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2. To ask the Taoiseach the cost of establishing a research unit at the CSO consisting of four statisticians based on the starting-point salary of statistician. [28013/25]

Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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Circular 06/2025 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 1 March 2025. Circular 06/2025 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 March 2025 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 MARCH 2025

The cost of a statistician based on the starting-point salary of a statistician in CSO on 1 March 2025, inclusive of employer PRSI costs, was €44,650 putting the annual cost of establishing a new unit of four statisticians based on the starting-point salary of statistician at €178,600.