Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Travelling Facilities and Overnight Allowance) Regulations, 1998

• Jurisdiction: Ireland

S.I. No. 101 of 1998.

OIREACHTAS (ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS) (TRAVELLING FACILITIES AND OVERNIGHT ALLOWANCE) REGULATIONS, 1998.

I, CHARLIE McCREEVY, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 1 (inserted by section 2 of the Oireachtas (Miscellaneous Provisions) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1996 (No. 39 of 1996), as amended by section 15 of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act, 1998 (No. 5 of 1998) ("the Act of 1998")) and 3 (as amended by section 17 of the Act of 1998) of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Act, 1962 (No. 32 of 1962), and the Public Service (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order, 1987 ( S.I. No. 81 of 1987 ), and section 5 (as amended by section 18 of the Act of 1998) of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1964 (No. 14 of 1964), and the Order aforesaid, hereby make the following regulations: 1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Travelling Facilities and Overnight Allowance) Regulations, 1998.

(2) Regulation 3 shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 6th day of June, 1997.

(3) These Regulations (other than Regulation 3) shall come into operation on the 1st day of May, 1998. 2. (1) In these Regulations, save where the context otherwise requires—

"appropriate authority" means—

(a) in the case of a member of Dáil Éireann, the Clerk of Dáil Éireann, and

(b) in the case of a member of Seanad Éireann, the Clerk of Seanad Éireann;

"member" means a member of Dáil Éireann or a member of Seanad Éireann;

"the Regulations of 1994" means the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Travelling Facilities) (Amendment) Regulations, 1994 ( S.I. No. 343 of 1994 );

"relevant period" shall be construed in accordance with Regulation 6.

(2) In these Regulations—

(a) reference to a Regulation is a reference to a Regulation of these Regulations unless it is indicated that reference to some other Regulations is intended, and

(b) a reference to a paragraph is a reference to the paragraph of the provision in which the reference occurs unless it is indicated that reference to some other provision is intended. 3. Regulation 3 of the Regulations of 1994 is hereby amended in paragraph (a) by the substitution of "£45.00", for "£26.40". 4. The following facilities are hereby prescribed as the travelling facilities for the purposes of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Act, 1938 (No. 34 of 1938), for members:

(a) in cases in which, the normal place of residence of a member being within 15 miles of Dublin, he or she travels to Dublin, an allowance of£45.00 for each day upon which he or she so travels, together with such amounts (if any) as correspond to the amounts of any increases on or after the 1st day of January 1998, in the rates of the mileage allowance specified in paragraph (b) (ii) (I) in force on or after that day,

(b) in cases in which, the normal place of residence of a member being more than 15 miles from Dublin, he or she travels to Dublin, an allowance calculated, at his or her option (which shall be exercised in accordance with Regulation 5), by the application of either of the following subparagraphs:

(i) an allowance of£45.00 for each day upon which he or she so travels, together with such amounts (if any) as correspond to the amounts of any increases on or after the 1st day of January 1998, in the rates of the mileage allowance specified in paragraph (b) (ii) (I) in force on or after that day,

or

(ii) where the member travels—

(I) in his or her own motor...