253. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General in her Department and to the head of each agency for which they are responsible; whether this scale has changed in the past two years or whether there are proposals to change this scale in the coming period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75196/25]
Topics / Public Sector Pay
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsPublic Sector Pay
118 questions from 42 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
118
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108 written, 10 oral
42
TDs have asked
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Independents counted together
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| January 2025 | 2 |
| February 2025 | 21 |
| March 2025 | 0 |
| April 2025 | 2 |
| May 2025 | 9 |
| June 2025 | 0 |
| July 2025 | 12 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 4 |
| October 2025 | 2 |
| November 2025 | 0 |
| December 2025 | 2 |
| January 2026 | 20 |
| February 2026 | 1 |
| March 2026 | 0 |
| April 2026 | 1 |
| May 2026 | 3 |
| June 2026 | 12 |
| July 2026 | 6 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 7 |
| October 2026 | 14 |
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The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.
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The questions
425. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Defence the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General in her Department and to the head of each agency for which they are responsible; whether this scale has changed in the past two years or whether there are proposals to change this scale in the coming period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75192/25]
629. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General in his Department and to the head of each agency for which they are responsible; whether this scale has changed in the past two years or whether there are proposals to change this scale in the coming period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75205/25]
842. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General in his Department and to the head of each agency for which they are responsible; whether this scale has changed in the past two years or whether there are proposals to change this scale in the coming period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75195/25]
978. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General in his Department and to the head of each agency for which they are responsible; whether this scale has changed in the past two years or whether there are proposals to change this scale in the coming period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75194/25]
1174. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General in her Department and to the head of each agency for which they are responsible; whether this scale has changed in the past two years or whether there are proposals to change this scale in the coming period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75193/25]
1420. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General in his Department and to the head of each agency for which they are responsible; whether this scale has changed in the past two years or whether there are proposals to change this scale in the coming period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75199/25]
1555. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Social Protection the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General in his Department and to the head of each agency for which they are responsible; whether this scale has changed in the past two years or whether there are proposals to change this scale in the coming period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75203/25]
1697. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General in his Department and to the head of each agency for which they are responsible; whether this scale has changed in the past two years or whether there are proposals to change this scale in the coming period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75200/25]
1819. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General in his Department and to the head of each agency for which they are responsible; whether this scale has changed in the past two years or whether there are proposals to change this scale in the coming period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75188/25]
1965. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General in her Department and the head of each agency for which they are responsible; whether this scale has changed in the past two years or there are proposals to change this scale in the coming period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75189/25]
2334. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General in her Department and to the head of each agency for which they are responsible; whether this scale has changed in the past two years or whether there are proposals to change this scale in the coming period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75198/25]
2595. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General in his Department and to the head of each agency for which they are responsible; whether this scale has changed in the past two years or whether there are proposals to change this scale in the coming period; and if he will make a statement on the matter.…
2646. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General in his Department and to the head of each agency for which they are responsible; whether this scale has changed in the past two years or whether there are proposals to change this scale in the coming period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75202/25]
4. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the status of the removal of pay ceilings for CEOs of Irish commercial State-owned enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70885/25]
12. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department has assessed the potential cost implications for public service pay and pension liabilities that would arise in the event of Irish unification. [62807/25]
334. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his attention has been drawn to local bargaining instalment within the Public Service Agreement 2024-2026, that stipulates a 1 percent pay increase from 1 September 2025; if he will confirm this increase has been implemented, and if it affects the pay of civil servants on the grades of exe…
557. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the historical pay-scales for jobs outside the Dublin area (details supplied) from 2013 to date, in tabular form. [55258/25]
357. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the new process for determining the pay of chief executives in commercial State companies following the review carried out by the Senior Posts Remuneration Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52071/25]
358. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the commercial State companies for which new pay bands for chief executives have been communicated by his Department to line Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52072/25]
359. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he has received any correspondence or representations from the boards of any State companies and/or line Departments since 31 March 2025 regarding the pay of their chief executives; if so, to provide details of the companies concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52073/25]
516. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) regarding incremental credit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48290/25]
2523. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated total cost of aligning section 39 provider pay scales with pay scales in the statutory disability services sector. [44327/25]
2524. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated total cost of aligning section 39 pay scales with pay scales in the statutory health sector. [44328/25]
2554. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 828 of 25 February 2025, when and by whom the decision was taken to exclude medical scientists who retired before 1 January 2024 from receiving the pay parity increases recommended by the Labour Court; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40826/25]