The Minister for Public Expenditure & Reform says there are 16 people working in NAMA and the National Treasury Management Agency who breach a new €200,000 salary cap for public service employees.
Speaking on RTÉ's 6.1 News, Brendan Howlin said NAMA and the NTMA have been left out of the new arrangements because they are not subject to civil service norms.
He said the individuals in the NTMA and NAMA were recruited on an individual basis to specific jobs and individual pay rates were negotiated for them.
In the case of the 16 who breach the cap, he said he would be seeing how there could be some burden sharing by them. He said he would expect them to take stock of their position, like everyone else, and understand the very difficult situation this country is facing.
Earlier, the Minister announced details of plans for pay caps for higher-paid public servants and the chief executives of commercial state companies.
The Government has introduced a pay ceiling of €250,000 for future chief executives of commercial state companies and €200,000 for future appointments in the public service. Incumbents in excess of the cap are being asked volunteer a 15% pay reduction.
One exception to the new rules is the ESB Last year CEO Padraig McManus was paid a salary of €420,000. His total package including extras such as pension contributions was €528,000. A new appointee will receive €318,000.
The head of Bord Gáis John Mullins had a salary of €265,000 and €399,000 including extras. The next person to get that job will be paid €191,000.
RTE director general Noel Curran's salary of €250,000 comes within the Government guidelines as he took up the post this year. A new appointee will be paid €219,000.
In 2008, a top departmental secretary general was paid €285,000. This will now be €200,000. The Chief Justice is currently on €296,000, while a new appointee will be paid €203,000.
The Minister said the Government recognised that in a small number of cases exceptions may be necessary. 'Such exceptions will be limited to instances where the exception is for a role of substantial importance in the public service or a commercial state company and the person whose appointment is sought brings exceptional or scarce expertise and/or qualifications to the proposed role,' he added.
Minister Howlin will also review the current system of performance related pay schemes for CEOs of State companies in conjunction with Ministers in the relevant departments.
