Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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Question 579: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the remuneration of a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be affected by measures introduced in Budget 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3569/10]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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For the purposes of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009, UCC is a public service body. A public servant is defined in the Act as a person who is employed by, or holds any office or other position in, a public service body. Consequently, employees of UCC are comprehended by the Act. Remuneration payable by or on behalf of a public service body to its employees, irrespective of funding source or employment status, falls to be reduced in accordance with the provisions of the Act.

In relation to the person referred to by the Deputy, the position is that as the person concerned is an employee of UCC the person's remuneration falls to be adjusted in accordance with the provisions of the Act.