Editing President of Ireland (section)

===Remuneration and expenses===
After the [[2018 Irish presidential election|2018 presidential election]] the official salary or "personal remuneration" of the president will be [[Euro|€]]249,014.<ref name="higgins2011salary">{{cite press release|url=http://www.president.ie/en/media-library/news-releases/statement-from-president-michael-d.-higgins-regarding-voluntary-salary-redu|title=Statement from President Michael D. Higgins Regarding Voluntary Salary Reduction|date=1 December 2011|publisher=Office of the President|access-date=29 March 2018|archive-date=29 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329201433/http://www.president.ie/en/media-library/news-releases/statement-from-president-michael-d.-higgins-regarding-voluntary-salary-redu|url-status=live}}</ref> The incumbent, Michael D. Higgins, chooses to receive the same salary although he is entitled to a higher figure of €325,507.<ref name="thejournal_266916"/><ref name="higgins2011salary"/> The president's total "emoluments and allowances" includes an additional €317,434 for expenses.<ref>€317,434 = IR£250,000 specified by {{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1998/si/67/made/en/print|title=S.I. No. 67/1998 – Presidential Establishment Act, 1938 (Increase of Emoluments and Allowances) Order, 1998|work=[[Irish Statute Book]]|access-date=29 March 2018|archive-date=30 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330012202/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1998/si/67/made/en/print|url-status=live}}</ref> The Office of the President's total budget estimate for 2017 was €3.9 million, of which €2.6 million was for pay and running costs, and the balance for the [[Centenarian#United Kingdom and Ireland|"President's Bounty" paid to centenarians]] on their hundredth birthday.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kildarestreet.com/committees/?gid=2017-02-16a.874|title=Estimates for Public Services 2017 Vote 1 – President's Establishment (Revised)|last=Kenny|first=Enda|author2=Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform|date=16 February 2017|work=Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees|publisher=KildareStreet.com|access-date=29 March 2018|archive-date=23 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180523012118/https://www.kildarestreet.com/committees/?gid=2017-02-16a.874|url-status=live}}</ref>

The salary was fixed at [[Irish pound|IR£]]5000 from 1938 to 1973, since when it has been calculated as 10% greater than that of the [[Chief Justice of Ireland|Chief Justice]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1938/act/24/section/1/enacted/en/html#sec1|title=Presidential Establishment Act, 1938, Section 1|work=[[Irish Statute Book]]|access-date=29 March 2018|archive-date=30 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330012224/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1938/act/24/section/1/enacted/en/html#sec1|url-status=live}}; {{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1973/act/18/section/2/enacted/en/html#sec2|title=Presidential Establishment (Amendment) Act, 1973, Section 2|work=[[Irish Statute Book]]|access-date=29 March 2018|archive-date=29 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329184419/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1973/act/18/section/2/enacted/en/html#sec2|url-status=live}}</ref> After the [[post-2008 Irish economic downturn]] most public-sector workers took significant pay cuts, but the Constitution prohibited a reduction in the salary of the president and the [[Judiciary of the Republic of Ireland|judiciary]] during their terms of office, in order to prevent such a reduction being used by the government to apply political pressure on them. While [[Thirty-third Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland|a 2011 Constitutional amendment]] allows judges' pay to be cut, it did not extend to the president, although incumbent Mary McAleese offered to take a voluntary cut in solidarity.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aji.ie/the-judiciary/judicial-remuneration/|title=Judicial Remuneration|publisher=Association of Judges in Ireland|access-date=29 March 2018|archive-date=14 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114014315/https://aji.ie/the-judiciary/judicial-remuneration/|url-status=live}}; {{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2011/act/39/section/12/enacted/en/html|title=Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Act 2011, Section 12(2)|work=[[Irish Statute Book]]|access-date=29 March 2018|archive-date=29 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329184443/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2011/act/39/section/12/enacted/en/html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="thejournal_266916">{{cite web|url=http://www.thejournal.ie/higher-or-lower-how-does-michael-ds-new-salary-compare-to-other-heads-of-state-266916-Oct2011/|title=Higher or lower: how does Michael D's new salary compare to other heads of state?|work=[[TheJournal.ie]]|date=29 October 2011 |publisher=29 October 2011|access-date=29 March 2018|archive-date=30 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111030172526/http://www.thejournal.ie/higher-or-lower-how-does-michael-ds-new-salary-compare-to-other-heads-of-state-266916-Oct2011/|url-status=live}}</ref>