S.I. No. 464/2026 - Oireachtas (Allowances) (Members and Holders of Parliamentary and Certain Ministerial Offices) (Amendment) Order 2026

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 4th August, 2026.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 3A (inserted by section 40 of the Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices and Oireachtas Members (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001 (No. 33 of 2001) (“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:

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• (a) by the substitution of the following Article for Article 5:

“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, and

• (c) Noel Grealish, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine,

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,

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

- (iii) €13,542, in respect of any period beginning on or after 1 August 2025,

- (iv) €13,677, in respect of any period beginning on or after 1 February 2026, and

- (v) €13,814, in respect of any period beginning on or after 1 June 2026.”,

• (b) by the insertion of the following Article after Article 5:

“5A. There is payable to Emer Higgins, Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability and Equality, as the holder of that office who regularly attends meetings of the Government, an allowance, annually at the rate of –

• (a) €13,542, in respect of any period beginning on or after 18 November 2025,

• (b) €13,677, in respect of any period beginning on or after 1 February 2026, and

• (c) €13,814, in respect of any period beginning on or after 1 June 2026.”,

and

• (c) by the insertion of the following Articles after Article 6:

“6A. There is payable to a member of the Oireachtas who held the position of chairperson of the Committee on Subsidiarity (European Union Legislative Scrutiny), an allowance, in respect of the member’s duties as holder of that position, annually at the rate of –

• (a) €10,888, in respect of any period beginning on or after 23 January 2025, and

• (b) €11,106, in respect of any period beginning on or after 1 March 2025,

during which the member held that position.

6B. There is payable to a member of Seanad Éireann who held the position of chairperson of the Committee on Subsidiarity (European Union Legislative Scrutiny) (Seanad Éireann), an allowance, in respect of the member’s duties as holder of that position, annually at the rate of –

• (a) €10,888, in respect of any period beginning on or after 12 February 2025, and

• (b) €11,106, in respect of any period beginning on or after 1 March 2025,

during which the member held that position.

6C. There is payable to a member of the Oireachtas who holds or held the position of chairperson of the Select Committee on EU Scrutiny and Transparency, an allowance, in respect of the member’s duties as holder of that position, annually at the rate of –

• (a) €11,106, in respect of any period beginning on or after 8 July 2025,

• (b) €11,217, in respect of any period beginning on or after 1 August 2025,

• (c) €11,329, in respect of any period beginning on or after 1 February 2026, and

• (e) €11,442, in respect of any period beginning on or after 1 June 2026,

during which the member held that position.

6D. There is payable to a member of the Oireachtas who holds or held the position of chairperson of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (formerly the British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body), an allowance, in respect of the member’s duties as holder of that position, annually at the rate of –

• (a) €10,888, in respect of any period beginning on or after 23 January 2025,

• (b) €11,106, in respect of any period beginning on or after 1 March 2025,

• (c) €11,217, in respect of any period beginning on or after 1 August 2025,

• (d) €11,329, in respect of any period beginning on or after 1 February 2026, and

• (e) €11,442, in respect of any period beginning on or after 1 June 2026,

during which the member held that position.”.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,

14 July, 2026.

MICHEÁL MARTIN,

Taoiseach.