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S.I. No. 25/1998 - Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) (Amendment) Act, 1994 (Sections 2 and 3) Order, 1998

Type Statutory Instrument
Publication 1998-02-03
Last updated 1998-04-07
State Repealed superseded text
Text As published
Source Irish Statute Book
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S.I. No. 25 of 1998.

OIREACHTAS (ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1994 (SECTIONS 2 AND 3) ORDER, 1998.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 2 and 3 of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act, 1994 , (No. 21 of 1994), hereby make the following order:

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1.

This Order may be cited as the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act, 1994 (Sections 2 and 3) Order, 1998.

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2.

There shall be payable to every member of the Oireachtas who is the holder of the position of chairman of an Oireachtas Committee specified in column (2) of the Schedule to this Order at any reference number, an annual allowance in respect of the member's duties as holder of such position, at the rate specified in column (3) of the said Schedule opposite that reference number, in respect of any period—

during which the said member holds or has held such position.

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3.

There shall be payable to the member of Seanad Éireann who is the holder of the position of Leader of the House, an annual allowance, in respect of the member's duties as holder of such position, at the rate of£10,000, in respect of any period since the 6th day of August, 1997, during which the said member holds or has held such position.

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The Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act, 1994 (Sections 2 and 3) Order, 1994 ( S.I. No. 302 of 1994 ), and the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act, 1994 (Section 2) Order, 1995 ( S.I. No. 78 of 1995 ), are hereby revoked.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 3rd day of February, 1998.

BERTIE AHERN,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order provides for the payment of allowances to the Chairpersons of certain Oireachtas Committees and to the Leader of the House in Seanad Éireann.

SCHEDULE

Rates of annual allowances payable to chairmen of specified Oireachtas Committees
Reference No. Oireachtas Committee Rates of Annual Allowance Date
(1) (2) (3) (4)
£
1. The Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs 10,000 19.11.97
2. The Joint Committee on European Affairs 10,000 19.11.97
3. The Joint Committee on Justice, Equality and Women's Rights 10,000 19.11.97
4. The Joint Committee on Family, Community and Social Affairs 10,000 19.11.97
5. The Joint Committee on Heritage and the Irish Language 10,000 19.11.97
6. The Joint Committee on Public Enterprise and Transport 10,000 19.11.97
7. The Joint Committee on Enterprise and Small Business 10,000 26.11.97
8. The Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service 10,000 19.11.97
9. The Joint Committee on Environment and Local Government 10,000 19.11.97
10. The Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine 10,000 19.11.97
11. The Joint Committee on Health and Children 10,000 19.11.97
12. The Joint Committee on Education and Science 10,000 19.11.97
13. The Joint Committee on Tourism, Sport and Recreation 10,000 26.11.97
14. The Committee on Public Accounts 10,000
15. The Joint House Services Committee 10,000 19.11.97
16. The British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body 10,000 01.12.97
17. The Select Committee on Members' Interest of Dáil Éireann 5,000 13.11.97
18. The Select Committee on Members' Interest of Seanad Éireann 3,000 19.11.97

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