S.I. No. 234/2017 - Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Judicial Remuneration) (Section 46(9)) Order 2017.

1. This Order may be cited as the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Judicial Remuneration) (Section 46(9)) Order 2017.

2. This Order is deemed to have come into operation on 1 April 2017.

3. This Order applies to a judge whose appointment to the judicial office concerned occurred before the commencement of

section 10

of the

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

(No. 39 of 2011).

4. The annual sum payable by way of remuneration to a judge holding a judicial office specified in column (1) of the Schedule is the sum specified in column (2) of that Schedule opposite the judicial office specified in column (1).

SCHEDULE

Judicial Office

Annual sum payable by way of remuneration

(1)

(2)

The Chief Justice

€238,327

The President of the High Court

€221,558

An ordinary judge of the Supreme Court

€208,145

The President of the Circuit Court

€201,438

An ordinary judge of the High Court

€196,410

The President of the District Court

€154,451

An ordinary judge of the Circuit Court or a specialist judge of the Circuit Court

€149,207

An ordinary judge of the District Court

€130,197

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,

30 May 2017.

ENDA KENNY,

Taoiseach.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

2

nd June

, 2017.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by subsection (9) of

section 46

of the

Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961

(No. 39 of 1961), and having had regard to the matter specified in paragraph (

b

) of that subsection, hereby order as follows