Dáil
‹ Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Ministers of State. Cost of new Ministers of State
Summary
The net annual salary cost of appointing ten Ministers of State, after abolishing seven Parliamentary Secretary posts, is £21,230; Mitchell criticized their value.
asked the Minister for the Public Service the total cost in a full year of the appointment of the ten new Ministers of State.
Comment on this
Ten Ministers of State were appointed with effect from 1 January 1978 at salaries of £4,727 per annum, in addition to their normal allowances as Deputies. However, seven posts of Parliamentary Secretary with salaries of £3,720 were abolished at the same time. The net additional salary cost of the appointment of the ten new Ministers of State is, therefore, £21,230.
