The Review Body on Higher Remuneration in the Public Sector is a standing body whose primary function is to advise the Government on the general levels of remuneration appropriate to certain top public service posts. The Government has asked the Review Body to carry out a general review of the levels of remuneration of the posts covered by its terms of reference and to report thereon in the second half of 2007.

 The groups covered by the current general review are as follows:

 (1)        Members of the Government, Ministers of State, the Attorney General, the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann and the Leader of Seanad Éireann;

 (2)        The Judiciary;

 (3)        Civil servants outside the scope of the civil service conciliation and arbitration scheme;

 (4)        Higher management grades in the local authorities and Health Service Executive not covered by the Public Service Benchmarking Body process;

 (5)        The ranks of Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner in the Garda Síochána;

 (6)        Chief of Staff (Lieutenant-General), Major-General and Brigadier-General /Commodore in the Defence Forces;

 (7)        The Comptroller and Auditor General;

 (8)        The chief executives of non-commercial state-sponsored bodies (a list of the specific posts to be reviewed is available on this website ...*);

 (9)        Hospital Consultants;

 (10)      Directors of Public Health;

 (11)      Specialists in Public Health;

 (12)      Specialist Orthodontists;

 (13)      Prison Doctors;

 (14)      The Director of Public Prosecutions, Deputy Director and Chief Prosecution Solicitor;

 (15)      County Registrars;

(16)      Vice chairman and ordinary board members, An Bord Pleanála;

 (17)      Members of the following Commissions:

              ● Commission for Energy Regulation

              ● Commission for Aviation Regulation

              ● Commission for Communications Regulation

              ● Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission

 (18)      The following posts in third level educational institutions:

              ● Heads, Registrars, Secretaries and Bursars of universities

              ● University Professors

              ● Directors of Institutes of Technology

              ● President and Directors of Dublin Institute of Technology

              ● Heads of Colleges of Education and the National College of Art and Design