6A. (1) The amount by which the basic salary of a public servant stands reduced by virtue of section 2, being the basic salary the annualised amount of which, as so reduced, does not exceed €24,000, €31,000 or €65,000, as the case may be, shall—

(a) in accordance with this section, and

(b) as regards payment of that salary occurring on or after the relevant date specified in this section,

be restored in part, or (if such is this section’s effect) in whole, to the public servant.

(2) References in subsections (3), (4) and (5) to basic salary are references to basic salary as it stands reduced by virtue of section 2.

(3) The annualised amount of the basic salary of a public servant that is not greater than €24,000 shall, on and from 1 January 2016, be increased by 2.5 per cent.

(4) The annualised amount of the basic salary of a public servant that is greater than €24,000 but not greater than €31,000 shall, on and from 1 January 2016, be increased by 1 per cent.

(5) The annualised amount of the basic salary of a public servant that is not greater than €65,000 (including a public servant referred to in subsections (3) and (4), but excluding a public servant referred to in section 2A(4)) shall, on and from 1 September 2017, be increased by €1,000.

(6) For the avoidance of doubt, where subsection (5) results in the annualised amount of the basic salary of a public servant being greater than €65,000 after 1 September 2017, section 2A does not affect that remuneration.

(7) Where the operation of subsections (3), (4) or (5) results in the basic salary of a public servant being increased above the amount of his or her basic salary as it stood before it was reduced in accordance with section 2, such increase shall have effect, notwithstanding the reference in subsection (1) to an amount of salary being restored.]