Top civil servant’s pay to rise by €15,000 to €250,000

Department of Housing secretary general Graham Doyle is now in line to receive €250,000 a year as well as backdated pay for the last three years. File picture: gov.ie

The Department of Housing’s top civil servant is to receive a €15,000 pay rise, with the Government agreeing to backdate the increase to when he took up the job in 2020.

The department's  secretary general Graham Doyle is now in line to receive €250,000 a year, an increase on his previous €235,294 salary.