Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 3rd July, 2012.

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 10 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009 (No. 5 of 2009) (as adapted by the Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 418 of 2011 )), having carried out a review under subsection (13) of section 9 of that Act in respect of payments, standing provided for by regulations made under the said section 10, to veterinary practitioners and considering it appropriate to adjust (pursuant to subsection (14) of the said section 9) the rates so provided, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Reduction of Payments to Veterinary Practitioners) (Adjustment) Regulations 2012.

(2) The Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Reduction of Payments to Veterinary Practitioners) Regulations 2009 and 2010 and these Regulations shall be read together as one and may be cited as the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Reduction of Payments to Veterinary Practitioners) Regulations 2009 to 2012.

2. In these Regulations:

"Principal Regulations" means the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Reduction of Payments to Veterinary Practitioners) Regulations 2009 ( S.I. No. 216 of 2009 );

"Regulations of 2010" means the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Reduction of Payments to Veterinary Practitioners) (Adjustment) Regulations 2010 ( S.I. No. 264 of 2010 ).

3. In respect of each time services referred to in Regulation 4(1)(a) of the Principal Regulations is rendered on or after 1 July 2012, the hourly rate for those services so rendered by a veterinary practitioner to whom the Principal Regulations relate as provided for in the Table to Regulation 3(1) of the Regulations of 2010 is adjusted in accordance with the Table to this paragraph in lieu of the rate provided for in the Table to the said Regulation 3(1).

Table

Hourly rate for services rendered on or after 1 July 2012

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform consents to the making of the foregoing Order

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform,

29 June 2012.

BRENDAN HOWLIN,

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

A person authorised under section 15 of the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 to authenticate the Seal of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine,

29 June 2012.

PHILIP CARROLL,

A Person Authorised Under Section 15 of the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 to Authenticate the Seal of of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

A person authorised under section 15 of the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 to authenticate the Seal of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.