Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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549. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will issue a commencement order in respect of section 11 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015, given that all other sections of the Act were commenced by Statutory Instrument No. 546 of 30 November 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12722/16]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy is aware, Section 11 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015 provides that pay scales will be introduced for members of the judiciary. The intention of this provision is that those judges appointed after January 1 2012, and hence subject to reduced remuneration, may gradually achieve parity with their peers. This is consistent with measures applying to new entrants across the public and civil service.

It is my intention to bring a recommendation on commencing Section 11 to Government shortly.