Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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281. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 107 of 21 May 2026, to clarify if €420 million is a first or full year cost. [41291/26]

Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The cost of providing a 1% or €500 increase across the public service on a pro-rata basis is estimated to be €420m, inclusive of pay and pensions costs, if such an increase were to be provided on the 1st of May 2026. This is a full year cost estimate which is based on end-2025 figures of 417,464 whole-time equivalent public servants, which are the most recent final data available.