Salaries for the 108 members of the Northern Ireland Assembly are to be slashed by £10,000 following the suspension of the power-sharing administration, it was announced tonight.
New Northern Ireland Secretary Paul Murphy ordered the pay cuts which also involves First Minister David Trimble and Deputy First Minister Mark Durkan losing more than £66,000.
The ten departmental ministers will have their wages cut by more than £34,000.
The new salary scales will come into effect from next week, Mr Murphy confirmed.
"I fully expect that Assembly members as elected representatives will continue to represent their constitutents' interests and it is right that they should receive the appropriate salary for doing so," he said.
Assembly members will continue to receive allowances of £48,000 to run their constituency offices but this will be reviewed at the end of the year.
From next week, the 108 members will see their salaries reduced from £41,321 to the pre-devolution rate of £31,817.
The Assembly Speaker Lord Alderdice will remain in office but his salary will be reduced from £77,562 to £48,850.