Allowances paid to staff in my Department are as follows:
1. Child Allowance: Payable to 21 Officers who were serving on 31 December 1978 in former marriage differentiated grades.
Currently paid at €112.78 p.a. per child
2. Franking Allowance: Payable to 3 Officers.
Modified Rate: full allowance: €1,701.13 p.a.
Modified Rate: half allowance: € 850.56 p.a.
PPC Rate: full allowance: €1,789.03 p.a.
3. Machine Allowance: Payable to 2 Officers.
Modified Rate: €1,701.13 p.a.
4. Key Holder Allowance: Payable to 3 Officers.
Modified Rate: €1,769.21 p.a.
PPC Rate: €1,861.17 p.a.
5. Private Secretary to the Secretary General: Payable to 2 Officers.
PPC Rate €10,951.08 p.a.
6. Former Private Secretary to Secretary General: Payable to 1 Officer.
Modified Rate: €5,203.05 p.a.
7. Private Secretary to Minister or Minister of State: Payable to 3 Officers.
Modified Rate: €19,652.47 p.a.
PPC Rate: €20,685.49 p.a.
8. Former Private Secretary to Minister or Minister of State: Payable to 6 Officers.
Modified Rate: €4,914.62 p.a.
PPC Rate: (1) €5,172.12 p.a.
PPC Rate: (2) €10,343.24 p.a.
9. Footwear Allowance: Payable to 9 Officers.
Currently paid at €65 p.a.
10. Foreign Service Allowance:This allowance is currently paid to four officers who have been assigned to Brussels and Geneva for the duration of the European Presidency. The rate is dependent on a number of variables such as grade, marital status, number of dependent children and the country to which they are assigned. The rate paid varies from €723.66 to €2,058 per fortnight. The Department of Foreign Affairs has submitted a business case relating to this allowance to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
These allowances have application across Departments and are not specific to the Department of Health.
* PPC (Personal Pension Contribution) - Class A PRSI payscale (Post 1995).
Non PPC - modified payscale, Class B PRSI (Pre-1995).