Oireachtas (Allowances) (Chairpersons of Oireachtas Committees and Holders of Certain Parliamentary Offices) Order 2018

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 216/2018
• Year: 2018

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...