LegalizeS.I. No. 216/2018 - Oireachtas (Allowances) (Chairpersons of Oireachtas Committees and Holders of Certain Parliamentary Offices) Order 2018
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Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 26th June, 2018.
The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 3 (as amended by section 39 of the Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices and Oireachtas Members (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001 (No. 33 of 2001) (“Act of 2001”) and section 8 (5) of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Act 2003 (No. 28 of 2003)), 4 and 8 (as amended by section 43 of the Act of 2001) of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act 1998 (No. 5 of 1998), hereby order as follows:
1.
(1) This Order may be cited as the Oireachtas (Allowances) (Chairpersons of Oireachtas Committees and Holders of Certain Parliamentary Offices) Order 2018.
- (2) Article 5 is deemed to have come into operation on 10 March 2016.
2.
There is payable to a member of Seanad Éireann who holds or held a position in Seanad Éireann, specified in column (2) of Schedule 1 at any reference number, an allowance, in respect of the member’s duties as holder of that position, annually at the rate specified in column (3) A of that Schedule opposite that reference number in respect of any period beginning on or after 12 December 2017, and at the rate specified in column (3) B of that Schedule opposite that reference number in respect of any period beginning on or after 1 January 2018, during which the member held that position.
3.
There is payable to a member of the Oireachtas who holds or held the position of chairperson of the Oireachtas Committee specified in Part 1 of Schedule 2, an allowance, in respect of the member’s duties as holder of that position, annually at the rate specified in column (2) A of that Part in respect of any period beginning on or after 13 December 2017, and at the rate specified in column (2) B of that Part in respect of any period beginning on or after 1 January 2018, during which the member held that position.
4.
There is payable to a member of the Oireachtas who holds or held the position of chairperson of the Oireachtas Committee specified in Part 2 of Schedule 2, an allowance, in respect of the member’s duties as holder of that position, annually at the rate specified in column (2) A of that Part in respect of any period beginning on or after 23 February 2017, at the rate specified in column (2) B of that Part in respect of any period beginning on or after 1 April 2017, and at the rate specified in column (2) C of that Part in respect of any period beginning on or after 1 January 2018, during which the member held that position.
5.
The Oireachtas (Allowances) (Members and Holders of Parliamentary and Certain Ministerial Offices) Order 2017 ( S.I. No. 14 of 2017 ) is amended in Schedule 1 by deleting the matter at reference number 1.
SCHEDULE 1
Article 2
| Reference number (1) | Position in Seanad Éireann (2) | Rate of annual allowance (3) | Rate of annual allowance (3) |
| A | B | ||
| 1. 2. | Seanad Technical Group LeaderSeanad Technical Group Whip | €4,341€2,396 | €6,000€4,000 |
SCHEDULE 2
Part 1
Article 3
| Committee (1) | Rate of annual allowance (2) | Rate of annual allowance (2) |
| A | B | |
| Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development | €9,120 | €9,500 |
Part 2
Article 4
| Committee (1) | Rate of annual allowance (2) | Rate of annual allowance (2) | Rate of annual allowance (2) |
| A | B | C | |
| Seanad Special Select Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union | €5,989 | €7,745 | €9,500 |
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,
19 June 2018.
LEO VARADKAR,
Taoiseach.
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