185 more public staff earn over €150,000

An extra 185 public servants are earning in excess of €150,000 per annum since the start of the year, despite the crackdown on public service pay by the Government.

Figures published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform show a total of 2,721 public servants enjoyed salaries of between €150,000 and €200,000 in February. They account for almost 1% of all staff in the public service.

The figure is an increase of 185 on the number of high-earning public servants at the end of 2011 when 2,536 staff were in the same pay category.