Public Sector Pay
An official questions-paper heading. 97 questions (4 oral, 93 written), first 2025-01-22, latest 2026-07-28.
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| Month | Questions |
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| Jan 2025 | 2 |
| Feb 2025 | 21 |
| Apr 2025 | 2 |
| May 2025 | 9 |
| Jul 2025 | 12 |
| Sep 2025 | 4 |
| Oct 2025 | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | 20 |
| Feb 2026 | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 1 |
| May 2026 | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 12 |
| Jul 2026 | 6 |
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| Department | Questions |
|---|---|
| Public Expenditure | 36 |
| Health | 12 |
| Education | 8 |
| Children | 6 |
| Further and Higher Education | 6 |
| Social | 3 |
| Rural | 3 |
| Enterprise | 3 |
| Housing | 3 |
| Finance | 3 |
| Transport | 2 |
| Defence | 2 |
| Foreign | 2 |
| Justice | 2 |
| Taoiseach | 2 |
| Agriculture | 2 |
| Environment | 1 |
| Tourism | 1 |
Debates under the same heading
Dáil debate sections whose official heading is exactly these words.
| Date | Debate section |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-07 | Public Sector Pay |
| 2025-12-11 | Public Sector Pay |
| 2025-12-11 | Public Sector Pay |
| 2025-07-09 | Public Sector Pay |
| 2025-05-29 | Public Sector Pay |
The questions
Michael Healy-Rae
written
2025-09-17 · to Education
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]
Richard Boyd Barrett
written
2025-07-29 · to Children
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]
Richard Boyd Barrett
written
2025-07-29 · to Children
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]
Barry Heneghan
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
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]
Barry Heneghan
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
2555. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 828 of 25 February 2025, if excluding retired medical scientists from the Labour Court-recommended pay adjustments is consistent with past practice on pension parity for public servants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40827/25]
Barry Heneghan
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
2556. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 828 of 25 February 2025, if she will review the implementation of the Labour Court’s recommendation on pay parity for medical scientists to ensure that those who retired before 1 January 2024, including those who returned to support the health service during Covid-19 and the cyberattack, are treated fai…
Cian O'Callaghan
written
2025-07-17 · to Public Expenditure
56. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will provide an update on his Department’s work to recover pension overpayments from existing and former ministers and senior-grade civil servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40129/25]
Pearse Doherty
written
2025-07-17 · to Public Expenditure
255. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the net cost to the exchequer of a 1% increase in the public sector pay agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40538/25]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
written
2025-07-09 · to Further and Higher Education
261. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science ; if he is aware that contracted adult education teachers across the State have been informed that due to underfunding of Solas by his Department, there is no further contract for them after the summer break; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38095/25]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
written
2025-07-09 · to Further and Higher Education
262. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware that rather than “regularisation of pay for tutors in ETBs” the signing of adult educator contracts it has resulted in adult educators in their first three years of employment being left with no further contracts due to funding constraints in Solas as a consequence of …
Richard Boyd Barrett
written
2025-07-09 · to Further and Higher Education
263. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider legislating to ensure that examiners and invigilators in the further education sector are put on the same tax footing as those in the compulsory education sector (details supplied). [38123/25]
Matt Carthy
written
2025-07-08 · to Public Expenditure
345. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the estimated cost of increasing the Garda training allowance to €579.15 per week for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37368/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett
written
2025-07-01 · to Public Expenditure
293. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the estimated full-year cost of ensuring that every public sector worker earning under €100 thousand receives a pay increase of 10% in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35647/25]
Ruth Coppinger
oral
2025-05-29 · to Public Expenditure
83. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will examine providing pay incentives to public sector workers where there are acute recruitment and retention issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28899/25]
Mairéad Farrell
written
2025-05-28 · to Public Expenditure
146. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he can provide the cost savings to the State in the year 2026 from a reduction in the salary top up of politicians including an Taoiseach, an Tánaiste, Ministers and Ministers of State by 25%, 50% and 75%, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27965/25]
Paul Lawless
written
2025-05-20 · to Education
443. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether there are any plans to review the current teacher pay scale to ensure that the valuable teaching experience gained abroad is duly recognised and factored into the remuneration framework. [25421/25]
Paul Lawless
written
2025-05-20 · to Education
444. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether she will consider revising the teacher pay scale for post-primary education to better recognise the valuable international experience of teachers, including those with extensive teaching backgrounds, who are currently being placed at the starting pay level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25422/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett
written
2025-05-08 · to Finance
301. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide data on the number of people earning more than €100,000 per year from employment in the public sector including departments, agencies, State owned companies and semi-State companies, broken down by their employing public sector body and the value of the salaries. [23736/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett
written
2025-05-08 · to Public Expenditure
304. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of people earning more than €100,000 per year from employment in the public sector including departments, agencies, State owned companies and semi-State companies, broken down by their employing public sector body and the value of the salaries. [23079/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett
written
2025-05-08 · to Public Expenditure
305. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of people previously earning more than €100,000 per year from employment in the public sector including departments, agencies, State owned companies and semi-State companies who are now in receipt of a public sector pension as a consequence of this previous employmen…
Richard Boyd Barrett
written
2025-05-08 · to Social
361. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide data on the number of people earning more than €100,000 per year from employment in the public sector including departments, agencies, State owned companies and semi-State companies, broken down by their employing public sector body and the value of the salaries. [23880/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett
written
2025-05-08 · to Children
387. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide data on the number of people earning more than €100,000 per year from employment in the public sector including departments, agencies, State owned companies and semi-State companies, broken down by their employing public sector body and the value of the salaries. [23752/25]
Paul Murphy
written
2025-04-29 · to Enterprise
718. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions he will take to prevent large employers in receipt of Government contracts from undercutting the pay and conditions of public sector workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19810/25]
Eoghan Kenny
written
2025-04-08 · to Education
146. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the local bargaining process in the primary education sector; if she will provide an update on the 19 costings submitted in August 2024 under this process by an organisation (details supplied) as the lead union; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17161/25]
Matt Carthy
written
2025-02-11 · to Taoiseach
54. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Taoiseach the salary scale that appli to the Secretary General of his Department; whether this scale has changed in the past year; and whether there are proposals to change this scale in the coming period. [4326/25]