S.I. No. 117/2002 - Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Increase of Judicial Remuneration) Order 2002

1. This Order may be cited as the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Increase of Judicial Remuneration) Order 2002.

2. The annual sums payable by way of remuneration to the several judges of the Supreme Court, the High Court, the Circuit Court and the District Court shall be the following, with effect from 1 April 2002

To the Chief Justice: €201,812.

To the President of the High Court: €187,398.

To each ordinary Judge of the Supreme Court: €175,866.

To the President of the Circuit Court: €170,100.

To each ordinary Judge of the High Court: €165,777.

To the President of the District Court: €125,413.

To each ordinary Judge of the Circuit Court: €121,089.

To each ordinary Judge of the District Court: €100,906.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,

this 20th day of March 2002.

Bertie Ahern

Taoiseach

Explanatory Note

(

This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation

This Order applies increases with effect from 1 April 2002 to the salaries of members of the Judiciary arising from the recommendations in

Report No. 38 of the Review Body on Higher Remuneration in the Public Service

, dated 25 September 2000. The increase takes account of a general pay increase on 1 October 2001 under the terms of the

Programme for Prosperity and Fairness

.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 46(9 (inserted by

section 1

(b) of the

Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 2 Act 1968

(No. 21 of 1968), as amended by

sections 8

and

9

of the

Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices (Amendment) Act 1983

(No. 32 of 1983)) of the

Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961

(

No. 39 of 1961

), order as follows