S.I. No. 49/2012 - Remuneration of the Comptroller and Auditor General Order 2012.

1. This Order may be cited as the Remuneration of the Comptroller and Auditor General Order 2012.

2. The annual rate of remuneration of the Comptroller and Auditor General shall be—

(

a

) €200,000, in respect of the holder of that office who makes a personal pension contribution, or

(

b

) €190,000, in respect of the holder of that office who does not make a personal pension contribution.

3. The Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993 (Section 14) Order 2007 (

S.I. No. 791 of 2007

) is revoked.

4. Notwithstanding Articles 2 and 3, this Order does not apply to the person who holds the office of Comptroller and Auditor General immediately before the making of this Order and the rates (as reduced by section 2(2B) (inserted by

section 6

of the

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

(No. 39 of 2011)) of the

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009

(No. 41 of 2009)) specified in the Order revoked by Article 3 continue to apply to that person while he holds such office.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

8 February 2012.

MICHAEL NOONAN,

Minister for Finance.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

17

th February

, 2012.

I, MICHAEL NOONAN T.D., Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 14

(1) of the

Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993

(No. 8 of 1993), and in accordance with

section 21

of the

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011

(No. 10 of 2011) after consultation with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, hereby order as follows