Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Act 2011
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Amendment of section 2 of Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009. |
6.— Section 2 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009 is amended— | |
(a) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “a public servant, other than a public servant referred to in paragraph (e) or (f) of the definition of that term in section 1,” for “a public servant”, | ||
(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1): | ||
“(1A) A relevant provision that fixes the remuneration, or any part of the remuneration, of a public servant referred to in paragraph (e) of the definition of that term in section 1 shall be taken to have been amended, with effect on and from 1 January 2012, in accordance with this section.”, | ||
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(c) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (2A): | ||
“(2B) The provisions of subsections (1) and (2) and Table 1 to this section shall, for the purpose of the application of those provisions to the remuneration of the holders of certain offices specified in this subsection, have effect on and from the commencement of section 6 (c) of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Act 2011 as if the reductions provided for in subsections (2) and (2A) (in the case of the holders of the offices referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c)) and that Table were as follows and a relevant provision that fixes the remuneration, or any part of the remuneration, of the holders of any of the offices specified in this subsection shall be taken to have been so amended with effect on and from that commencement: | ||
(a) in the case of the Taoiseach, a 29.96 per cent reduction of remuneration in lieu of a reduction of 25 per cent of remuneration; | ||
(b) in the case of the Tánaiste, a 24.83 per cent reduction of remuneration in lieu of a reduction of 19.5 per cent of remuneration; | ||
(c) in the case of a Minister of the Government, a 24.83 per cent reduction of remuneration in lieu of a reduction of 19.5 per cent of remuneration; | ||
(d) in the case of a Minister of State, a 15.96 per cent reduction of remuneration in lieu of a reduction of 10 per cent of remuneration; | ||
(e) in the case of the Ceann Comhairle, a 24.83 per cent reduction of remuneration in lieu of a reduction of 15 per cent of remuneration; | ||
(f) in the case of the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, a 15.96 per cent reduction of remuneration in lieu of a reduction of 10 per cent of remuneration; | ||
(g) in the case of the Attorney General, a 24.83 per cent reduction of remuneration in lieu of a reduction of 15 per cent of remuneration; and | ||
(h) in the case of the Comptroller and Auditor General, a 21.15 per cent reduction of remuneration in lieu of a reduction of 15 per cent of remuneration.”. |