Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Act 2011

Amendment of section 2 of Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009.

4.— (1) Section 2 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009 is amended—

(a) in subsection (2), by the insertion of “, other than a public servant referred to in paragraph (e) or (f) of the definition of that term in section 1,” after “a person to whom this section applies”, and

(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (3A):

“(3B) The person who is responsible for, or authorises, the payment of remuneration to a public servant referred to in paragraph (e) or (f) of the definition of that term in section 1 shall deduct or cause to be deducted an amount at the applicable rate or rates specified in the Table to this subsection in respect of the year 2012 and each subsequent year in respect of the year concerned from the remuneration from time to time payable to such a public servant for any such year.

TABLE

Amount of remuneration

Rate of deduction

Up to €15,000

Exempt

Any excess over €15,000 but not over €20,000

5 per cent

Any excess over €20,000 but not over €60,000

10 per cent

Any amount over €60,000

10.5 per cent

”.

(2) The amendments effected by subsection (1) shall apply to a military judge appointed under Chapter IVC of Part V of the Defence Act 1954 notwithstanding section 184L(4) of that Act.