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S.I. No. 289/2025 - Oireachtas (Allowances) (Members and Holders of Parliamentary and Certain Ministerial Offices) Order 2025

Type Statutory Instrument

Publication 2025-07-04

Last updated 2026-08-04

State In force superseded text

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Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 4th July, 2025.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 3 (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)), 3A (inserted by section 40 of the Act of 2001 and amended by section 2 of the Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act 2025 (No. 1 of 2025)), 4 and 8 (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.

This Order may be cited as the Oireachtas (Allowances) (Members and Holders of Parliamentary and Certain Ministerial Offices) Order 2025.

2.

There is payable to a member of Dáil Éireann who holds or held a position in Dáil 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) of that Schedule opposite that reference number, in respect of any period, beginning on or after 29 November 2024, and at the rate specified in column (4) of that Schedule opposite that reference number, in respect of any period, beginning on or after 1 March 2025, during which the member held that position.

3.

There is payable to a member of Seanad Éireann who holds or held a position in Seanad Éireann specified in column (2) of Schedule 2 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) of that Schedule opposite that reference number, in respect of any period, beginning on or after 12 February 2025, and at the rate specified in column (4) of that Schedule opposite that reference number, in respect of any period, beginning on or after 1 March 2025, during which the member held that position.

4.

There is payable to a member of the Oireachtas who holds or held a position as a member of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission, an allowance, in respect of the member’s duties as holder of that position, annually at the rate of €11,106, in respect of any period, beginning on or after 7 May 2025, during which the member held that position.

5.

There is payable to –

(a) Mary Butler, Minister of State at –

(i) the Department of the Taoiseach, and

(ii) the Department of Health,

(b) Sean Canney, Minister of State at the Department of Transport,

(d) Hildegarde Naughton, Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability and Equality,

as the holders of those offices, respectively, who regularly attend meetings of the Government, an allowance, annually at the rate of –

(i) €13,145, in respect of any period beginning on or after 23 January 2025, and

(ii) €13,408, in respect of any period beginning on or after 1 March 2025.

6.

There is payable to a member of the Oireachtas who holds or held the position of chairperson of an Oireachtas Committee specified in column (2) of Schedule 3 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) of that Schedule opposite that reference number, in respect of any period, beginning on or after 7 May 2025, during which the member held that position.

7.

The following orders are revoked:

(a) the Oireachtas (Allowances) (Members and Holders of Parliamentary and Certain Ministerial Offices) Order 2020 ( S.I. No. 613 of 2020 );

(b) the Oireachtas (Allowances) (Members and Holders of Parliamentary and Certain Ministerial Offices) (Amendment) Order 2023 ( S.I. No. 227 of 2023 );

(c) the Oireachtas (Allowances) (Members and Holders of Parliamentary and Certain Ministerial Offices) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023 ( S.I. No. 480 of 2023 );

(d) the Oireachtas (Allowances) (Members and Holders of Parliamentary and Certain Ministerial Offices) (Amendment) Order 2024 ( S.I. No. 541 of 2024 ).

SCHEDULE 1

Article 2


Reference number (1)	Position in Dáil Éireann (2)	Rate of annual allowance (3)	Rate of annual allowance (4)
1.	Assistant Government Whip	€17,191	€17,535
2.	Fianna Fáil Party Whip	€11,458	€11,687
3.	Fine Gael Party Whip	€11,458	€11,687
4.	Sinn Féin Party Whip	€21,773	€22,208
5.	Social Democrats Party Whip	€6,875	€7,013
6.	Labour Party Whip	€6,875	€7,013
7.	People Before Profit-Solidarity Party Whip	€6,875	€7,013
8.	Independent Ireland Party Whip	€6,875	€7,013
9.	Aontú Party Whip	€6,875	€7,013
10.	Fianna Fáil Party Assistant Whip	€5,731	€5,846
11.	Fine Gael Party Assistant Whip	€5,731	€5,846
12.	Sinn Féin Party Assistant Whip	€10,888	€11,106
13.	Social Democrats Party Assistant Whip	€3,439	€3,508
14.	Labour Party Assistant Whip	€3,439	€3,508

SCHEDULE 2

Article 3


Reference number (1)	Position in Seanad Éireann (2)	Rate of annual allowance (3)	Rate of annual allowance (4)
1.	Deputy Leader of the House	€10,888	€11,106
2.	Government Whip	€6,875	€7,013
3.	Assistant Government Whip	€4,583	€4,675
4.	Sinn Féin Group Leader	€6,875	€7,013
5.	Independents Group Leader	€6,875	€7,013
6.	Civil Engagement Group Leader	€6,875	€7,013
7.	Cross Party Group Leader	€6,875	€7,013
8.	Sinn Féin Group Whip	€4,583	€4,675
9.	Independents Group Whip	€4,583	€4,675
10.	Civil Engagement Group Whip	€4,583	€4,675
11.	Cross Party Group Whip	€4,583	€4,675

SCHEDULE 3

Article 6


Reference Number (1)	Committee (2)	Rate of annual allowance (3)
1.	Committee of Public Accounts	€11,106
2.	Committee on Budgetary Oversight	€11,106
3.	Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach	€11,106
4.	Joint Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment	€11,106
5.	Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development	€11,106
6.	Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage	€11,106
7.	Joint Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery	€11,106
8.	Joint Committee on Education and Youth	€11,106
9.	Joint Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science	€11,106
10.	Joint Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport	€11,106
11.	Joint Committee on Irish Language, Gaeltacht and the Irish-speaking Community	€11,106
12.	Joint Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community	€11,106
13.	Joint Committee on European Union Affairs	€11,106
14.	Joint Committee on Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement	€11,106
15.	Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade	€11,106
16.	Joint Committee on Defence and National Security	€11,106
17.	Joint Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration	€11,106
18.	Committee on Members’ Interests of Dáil Éireann	€11,106
19.	Committee on Members’ Interests of Seanad Éireann	€3,624
20.	Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food	€11,106
21.	Joint Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs	€11,106
22.	Joint Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy	€11,106
23.	Joint Committee on Transport	€11,106
24.	Joint Committee on Artificial Intelligence	€11,106
25.	Joint Committee on Drugs Use	€11,106
26.	Joint Committee on Health	€11,106
27.	Joint Committee on Disability Matters	€11,106
28.	Joint Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen	€11,106
29.	Joint Committee on Children and Equality	€11,106

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,

1 July, 2025.

SIMON HARRIS,

Tánaiste.

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