Financial Emergency Measures In the Public Interest Act, 2010

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR No. 38/2010
• Year: 2010

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Number 38 of 2010

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FINANCIAL EMERGENCY MEASURES IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST ACT 2010

REVISED

Updated to 1 October 2020

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This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2010. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.

All Acts up to and including the Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (15/2020), enacted 2 October 2020, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (Commencement) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 399 of 2020), made 30 September 2020, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.

Disclaimer: While every care has been taken in the preparation of this Revised Act, the Law Reform Commission can assume no responsibility for and give no guarantees, undertakings or warranties concerning the accuracy, completeness or up to date nature of the information provided and does not accept any liability whatsoever arising from any errors or omissions. Please notify any errors, omissions and comments by email to revisedacts@lawreform.ie.

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Number 38 of 2010

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FINANCIAL EMERGENCY MEASURES IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST ACT 2010

REVISED

Updated to 1 October 2020

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Introduction

This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was passed.

Related legislation

This Act is not collectively cited with any other Act.

Annotations

This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.

An explanation of how to read annotations is available at

www.lawreform.ie/annotations.

Material not updated in this revision

Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available.

Where legislation or a fragment of legislation is referred to in annotations, changes to this legislation or fragment may not be reflected in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the legislation referred to if one is available.

A list of legislative changes to any Act, and to statutory instruments from 1972, may be found linked from the page of the Act or statutory instrument at

www.irishstatutebook.ie.

Acts which affect or previously affected this revision

• Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (15/2019)

• Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017 (34/2017)

• Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015 (39/2015)

• State Airports (Shannon Group) Act 2014 (27/2014)

• ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Act 2014 (5/2014)

• Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 (50/2013)

• Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013 (18/2013)

• Education and Training Boards Act 2013 (11/2013)

• Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 (37/2012)

• Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Act 2011 (39/2011)

• Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 (10/2011)

All Acts up to and including Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 (15/2020), enacted 2 October 2020, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision

• Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2011)

All statutory instruments up to and including Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (Commencement) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 399 of 2020), made 30 September 2020, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

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Number 38 of 2010

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FINANCIAL EMERGENCY MEASURES IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST ACT 2010

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Acts Referred to

Companies Acts
Defence Act 1954	1954, No. 18
Defence (Amendment) Act 2007	2007, No. 24
European Parliament (Irish Constituency Members) Act 2009	2009, No. 17
Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009	2009, No. 41
Harbours Act 1946	1946, No. 9
Harbours Act 1996	1996, No. 11
Local Government Act 2001	2001, No. 37
Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act 1938	1938, No. 38
Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices and Oireachtas Members (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001	2001, No. 33
National Minimum Wage Act 2000	2000, No. 5
Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act 1973	1973, No. 22
Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices (Amendment) Act 1977	1977, No. 29
Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices (Amendment) Act 1983	1983, No. 32
Pensions Act 1990	1990, No. 25
Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004	2004, No. 7
Superannuation Acts 1834 to 1963
Taxes Consolidation Act 1997	1997, No. 39
Vocational Education Act 1930	1930, No. 29

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Number 38 of 2010

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FINANCIAL EMERGENCY MEASURES IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST ACT 2010

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Updated to 1 October 2020

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AN ACT, IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST, TO PROVIDE FOR THE REDUCTION OF THE AMOUNT OF THE PAYMENT OF PENSION OR OTHER BENEFITS (OTHER THAN LUMP SUMS) PAYABLE TO OR IN RESPECT OF CERTAIN PERSONS WHO ARE OR WERE IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE (INCLUDING FORMER HOLDERS OF CERTAIN OFFICES, MEMBERS AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE HOUSES OF THE OIREACHTAS AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIARY) UNDER AN OCCUPATIONAL PENSION SCHEME OR PENSION ARRANGEMENT (BY WHATEVER NAME CALLED) WHICH IS PROVIDED FOR UNDER THE SUPERANNUATION ACTS 1834 TO 1963 OR ANY OTHER ENACTMENT OR ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURE TO LIKE EFFECT, OR IS REQUIRED TO BE MADE, APPROVED OF OR CONSENTED TO (HOWEVER EXPRESSED) BY ONE OR MORE THAN ONE MINISTER OF THE GOVERNMENT; TO AMEND THE FINANCIAL EMERGENCY MEASURES IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST (NO. 2) ACT 2009 AND THE NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE ACT 2000; AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.

[22nd December, 2010]

WHEREAS a serious disturbance in the economy and a decline in the economic circumstances of the State have occurred and are continuing, which threaten the well-being of the community;

AND WHEREAS as a consequence a serious deterioration in the revenues of the State has occurred and there are significant and increasing State commitments in respect of public service pensions;

AND WHEREAS it is necessary to cut current Exchequer spending substantially to demonstrate that public expenditure is being significantly controlled so as to ensure access to international funding and to improve the State’s international competitiveness;

AND WHEREAS the State is availing of financial assistance programmes provided by the European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism and the European Financial Stability Facility and the International Monetary Fund and it is necessary to take the measures in this Act as part of a range of measures provided for in those programmes to address the economic crisis in the State and to restore domestic and international confidence and to prevent a sovereign debt crisis affecting the State;

AND WHEREAS the expenditure on public service pensions is unsustainable and it is necessary to make reductions in payment to ensure that the State has sufficient resources to discharge its commitments and to enable it to provide public services;

AND WHEREAS the burden of a pension-related deductionand a reduction of remuneration has been borne by public servants and it is equitable that public service pensioners should share that burden;

AND WHEREAS the benefit of public service pensions is and will remain, after the enactment of the following Act, significantly and markedly more favourable than those generally available in other employment—

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

Annotations

Modifications (not altering text):

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Functions transferred and references to “Department of Finance” and “Minister for Finance” construed (29.07.2011) by Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2011), arts. 2, 3(a), 5 and sch. 1 part 2, in effect as per art. 1(2).

2. (1) The administration and business in connection with the performance of any functions transferred by this Order are transferred to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

(2) References to the Department of Finance contained in any Act or instrument made thereunder and relating to the administration and business transferred by paragraph (1) shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

3. The functions conferred on the Minister for Finance by or under the provisions of—

(a) the enactments specified in Schedule 1, and

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are transferred to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

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5. References to the Minister for Finance contained in any Act or instrument under an Act and relating to any functions transferred by this Order shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

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Schedule 1

Enactments

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Part 2

1922 to 2011 Enactments

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