Pay and Other Circulars

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The Department of Finance issues circulars and confidential circulars from time to time setting out practice for Departments on matters for which the Department of Finance has responsibility.

These circulars cover many subject areas for which the Department has responsibility, including various personnel and remuneration concerns, such as pay and allowances, leave, career breaks, confined competitions, etc..

The Personnel Code website, assembles relevant circulars, circular letters and letters to heads of Departments or Personnel Officers on personnel matters. It can be accessed at www.personnelcode.gov.ie

October 1999

28 October 1999
Circ 26/99 - Annual Leave

Annual Leave 1 - existing general instructions regarding annual leave, inclusive of legislative changes arising from the coming into force of the holidays provisions of the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 (referred to from now on in this Circular as "the Act"), which apply to non-industrial civil servants.

28 October 1999
Circ 27/99 - Extra Attendance

Extra Attendance - To consolidate and clarify, in this Circular, existing general instructions regarding the arrangements for compensating extra attendance by members of general service grades up to and including Higher Executive Officer and of equivalent grades common to two or more Departments.