212 Deputy Maureen O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the estimate of (details supplied) that savings to the Exchequer €257m could be achieved by 2013 by applying a cap of €100,000 on public service salaries and a further €20 million in savings could be achieved by capping civil service pensioners only at €50,000 in 2013; if he will estimate the savings that could be achieved by him requiring that every financial institution which owes its existence to State support and taxpayer forbearance introduce a salary cap at the level of a Teachta Dála across the board to all members of personnel and if the same were to be required of every other agency, authority, board, council, commission or institution with a payroll function that draws upon the public purse and furthermore by him requiring that the maximum payment to any retired person in 2013 be limited to the maximum level available to a Teachta Dála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24898/12]

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212 Deputy Maureen O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the estimate of (details supplied) that savings to the Exchequer €257m could be achieved by 2013 by applying a cap of €100,000 on public service salaries and a further €20 million in savings could be achieved by capping civil service pensioners only at €50,000 in 2013; if he will estimate the savings that could be achieved by him requiring that every financial institution which owes its existence to State support and taxpayer forbearance introduce a salary cap at the level of a Teachta Dála across the board to all members of personnel and if the same were to be required of every other agency, authority, board, council, commission or institution with a payroll function that draws upon the public purse and furthermore by him requiring that the maximum payment to any retired person in 2013 be limited to the maximum level available to a Teachta Dála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24898/12]

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1. 22 May 2012

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   212 Deputy Maureen O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the estimate of (details supplied) that savings to the Exchequer €257m could be achieved by 2013 by applying a cap of €100,000 on public service salaries and a further €20 million in savings could be achieved by capping civil service pensioners only at €50,000 in 2013; if he will estimate the savings that could be achieved by him requiring that every financial institution which owes its existence to State support and taxpayer forbearance introduce a salary cap at the level of a Teachta Dála across the board to all members of personnel and if the same were to be required of every other agency, authority, board, council, commission or institution with a payroll function that draws upon the public purse and furthermore by him requiring that the maximum payment to any retired person in 2013 be limited to the maximum level available to a Teachta Dála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24898/12]

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