Public Service Pay Act 2021

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR No. 15/2021
• Year: 2021

Number 15 of 2021
PUBLIC SERVICE PAY ACT 2021
CONTENTS
1. Definition
2. Amendment of section 4 of Act of 2009
3. Amendment of section 5 of Act of 2009
4. Amendment of section 16A of Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011
5. Short title
Acts Referred to
Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009 (No. 41)
Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 10)
Number 15 of 2021
PUBLIC SERVICE PAY ACT 2021
An Act to provide for the adjustment of the restrictions, contained in the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009 , on increasing the remuneration payable to public servants and for that purpose to amend that Act and the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 ; and to provide for related matters.
[5th July, 2021]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
		Definition
1. In this Act, “Act of 2009” means the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009 .
		Amendment of section 4 of Act of 2009
2. Section 4 of the Act of 2009 is amended—
	(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):
	“(2) An amendment of a relevant provision amended by section 2 or 2A that would have the effect of increasing the remuneration payable to a public servant may only be made, and shall have such effect—
	(a) where—
	(i) the amendment is made by the Minister, including where it is made for a purpose referred to in paragraph (b), and
	(ii) the relevant provision is not—
	(I) a provision of an Act of the Oireachtas, or
	(II) a relevant provision that is made under an Act of the Oireachtas, save where that relevant provision is so made by the Minister,
	or
	(b) where—
	(i) the amendment is made by a person (other than the Minister)—
	(I) for the purposes of complying with any order of a court in respect of which there is no stay in being, or
	(II) for the purposes of complying with any enforceable determination of the Labour Court in respect of which there is no stay in being,
	and
	(ii) the relevant provision is not—
	(I) a provision of an Act of the Oireachtas, or
	(II) a relevant provision that is made under an Act of the Oireachtas, save where that relevant provision is so made by the person first-mentioned in subparagraph (i).”,
	and
	(b) in subsection (3), by the substitution of “subsection (2)(b)(i)” for “subsection (2)”.
		Amendment of...