S.I. No. 370/2018 - Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Judicial Remuneration) (Section 46(9)) Order 2018

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 7th September, 2018.

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:

1. This Order may be cited as the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 (Judicial Remuneration) (Section 46(9)) Order 2018.

2. This Order is deemed to have come into operation on 1 April 2018.

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	€247,443
The President of the High Court	€229,896
An ordinary judge of the Supreme Court	€215,860
The President of the Circuit Court	€208,841
An ordinary judge of the High Court	€203,580
The President of the District Court	€159,757
An ordinary judge of the Circuit Court or a specialist judge of the Circuit Court	€154,290
An ordinary judge of the District Court	€134,521

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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,

4 September 2018.

LEO VARADKAR,

Taoiseach.