Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 28 May 2026
281. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 107 of 21 May 2026, to clarify if €420 million is a first or full year cost. [41291/26]
View answerThe cost of providing a 1% or €500 increase across the public service on a pro-rata basis is estimated to be €420m, inclusive of pay and pensions costs, if such an increase were to be provided on the 1st of May 2026. This is a full year cost estimate which is based on end-2025 figures of 417,464 whole-time equivalent public servants, which are the most recent final data available.
