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Tuesday, 23 October 2012

Department of Justice and Equality

Courts Service

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to the 29th Amendment to the Constitution, if he will set out in tabular form showing each of the courts in the judicial hierarchy, the number of judges attached to each court. [45985/12]

Photo of Alan ShatterAlan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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In line with the favorable outcome of the referendum on the Twenty Ninth Amendment of the Constitution, which concerned judicial remuneration, legislation was enacted in 2011 to provide for the application of the two Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Acts of 2009 to both serving and new members of the Judiciary and military judges on the same basis as other public servants. This has resulted in reductions in remuneration for serving judges ranging from 23% to 16%.

In addition, for newly appointed judges, revised salary rates have been implemented to reflect the 10% reduction applied at the beginning of 2011 to new public servants appointed to the public service entry grades. These provisions effect reductions in remuneration for new appointees to the judiciary ranging from 31% to 25%. These measures came into effect on the 1st January 2012. A table outlining the total salary payments to judges in each court in 2011, the estimated total payments in 2012, and the approximate total savings for each court from 2011 to 2012 is below.

Court
2011
2012
Savings
District Court
€9,140,305.02
€8,394,122.86
€746,182.16
Circuit Court
€6,665,815.94
€5,702,620.09
€963,195.85
High Court
€9,062,885.24
€7,298,186.02
€1,764,699.22
Supreme Court
€1,843,147.80
€1,747,150.42
€95,997.38
Total
€26,712,154.00
€23,142,079.39
€3,570,074.61

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