Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 March 2022
441. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of staff currently employed by her Department; the current annual salary of the highest and second highest paid persons respectively, employed by her Department; and the various pay scales for persons working in her Department. [12480/22]
View answerI can inform the Deputy that there are currently 1580 members of staff employed by my Department.
Currently the highest paid salary in my Department is €205,199.00 for the grade of Secretary General and the second highest paid salary is €187,578.00 for the grade of Deputy Secretary.
The various grades of staff employed by my Department are set out in the table below and the relevant pay scales can be found on the Civil Service Pay Scales website: https://civilservicepayscales.per.gov.ie/.
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Job Description |
Salary Plan |
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Secretary General |
SEC |
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Deputy Secretary |
DS |
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Assistant Secretary |
ASC |
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|
|
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Principal Officer |
PO |
|
Assistant Principal |
AP |
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Administrative Officer |
AO |
|
Higher Executive Officer |
HEO |
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Executive Officer |
EO |
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Clerical Officer |
CO |
|
Service Officer |
SVO |
