Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices (Amendment) Act, 1983

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Increase of certain allowances, salaries and other remuneration.

2.—(1) The allowance payable monthly under subsection (1) (inserted by the Act of 1973) of section 3 of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Act, 1938 , to each member of Dáil Éireann shall, with effect from the 1st day of September, 1983, be and be deemed to have been £16,413 per annum and the allowance payable monthly to each member of Seanad Éireann under subsection (2) (inserted by the Act of 1973) of the said section 3 shall, with effect from the said 1st day of September, be and be deemed to have been £9,127 per annum.

(2) The annual sum payable by way of salary under subsection (1) (inserted by the Act of 1973) or subsection (2) (inserted by the Act of 1977) of section 3 of the Act of 1938 shall, with effect from the 1st day of September, 1983, be and be deemed to have been a sum not exceeding—

(a) in the case of the Taoiseach, £27,937,

(b) in the case of the Tánaiste, £20,585,

(c) in the case of a member of the Government, other than the Taoiseach or the Tánaiste, £18,381,

(d) in the case of a Minister of State appointed under section 1 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1977 , £10,292.

(3) The annual sum payable by way of salary under section 4 (inserted by the Act of 1973) of the Act of 1938 to the Attorney General shall, with effect from the 1st day of September, 1983, be and be deemed to have been a sum not exceeding—

(a) in case the person who holds the office is not a member of either House of the Oireachtas, £29,647,

(b) in case a member of either House of the Oireachtas holds the office, £18,381.

(4) (a) The annual sum payable by way of salary under subsection (1) (inserted by the Act of 1973) of section 5 of the Act of 1938 to the Chairman of Dáil Éireann shall, with effect from the 1st day of September, 1983, be and be deemed to have been a sum not exceeding £18,381, and the annual sum so payable under the said section 5 (1) to the Deputy Chairman of Dáil Éireann shall, with effect from the said 1st day of September, be and be deemed to have been a sum not exceeding £10,292, and

(b) the annual sum payable by way of salary under subsection (1) (inserted by the Act of 1973) of section 6 of the Act of 1938 to the Chairman of Seanad Éireann shall, with effect from the said 1st day of September, be and be deemed to have been a sum not exceeding £7,654, and the annual sum payable under the said section 6 (1) to the Deputy Chairman of Seanad Éireann shall, with effect from the said 1st day of September, be and be deemed to have been a sum not exceeding £4,345.

(5) The annual sums payable under section 9A (inserted by the Act of 1973) and section 10 (as amended by the Act of 1973) of the Act of 1938 by way of allowance for expenses, shall, with effect from the 1st day of September, 1983, be and be deemed to have been—

(a) in the case of the sum payable under subsection (1) of the said section 9A, £70,390,

(b) in the case of the sum payable under paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of the said section 9A, £49,273,

(c) in the case of the sum payable under paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of the said section 9A, £21,117,

(d) in the case of the sum payable under paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of the said section 9A, £35,195,

(e) in the case of the sum payable under paragraph (b) of the said subsection (3), £35,195, divided in the manner specified in that paragraph,

(f) in the case of the sum payable under subsection (1) of the said section 10, £175,973,

(g) in the case of the sum payable under paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of the said section 10, £139,754,

(h) in the case of the sum payable under paragraph (b) of the last-mentioned subsection (2), £69,366,

(i) in the case of the sum payable under paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of the said section 10, £87,987, and

(j) in the case of the sum payable under paragraph (b) of the last-mentioned subsection (3), £87,987, divided in the manner specified in that paragraph.

(6) The annual sums payable by way of remuneration under subsections (1), (2), (3) and (9) (which subsections were inserted by the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1968 ) of section 46 of the Act of 1961 to the Chief Justice and each ordinary judge of the Supreme Court, the President of the High Court and each ordinary judge of the High Court, the President of the Circuit Court and each ordinary judge of the Circuit Court and the President of the District Court and each other justice of the District Court shall—

(a) with effect from the 1st day of December, 1981, be and be deemed to have been increased by amounts equal to 2 per cent. of such sums,

(b) with effect from the 1st day of March, 1982, be and be deemed to have been increased by amounts equal to 6 per cent. of such sums as increased as aforesaid,

(c) with effect from the 1st day of October, 1982, be and be deemed to have been increased by amounts equal to 5 per cent. of such sums as increased as aforesaid, and

(d) with effect from the 1st day of September, 1983, be and be deemed to have been increased by amounts equal to 4.75 per cent. of such sums as increased as aforesaid,

and the said sums, as increased as aforesaid, are set out in the Table to this subsection.

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(7) (a) Whenever, on or after the passing of this Act, there is a general increase of remuneration in the Civil Service with effect from a particular day, pursuant to agreements or arrangements having effect on a general basis in the Civil Service (whether or not they also apply in relation to persons employed other than in the Civil Service)—

(i) the allowances payable under section 3 of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Act, 1938 ,

(ii) the annual sums payable under sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 9A and 10 of the Act of 1938, and

(iii) the annual sums payable by way of remuneration under section 46 of the Act of 1961,

shall be increased correspondingly with effect from that day and, accordingly, an order under section 3A (inserted by the Act of 1973) of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Act, 1938 , section 8A (inserted by the Act of 1973) of the Act of 1938 or section 46 (as amended by the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1968 and the Act of 1977) of the Act of 1961 shall not apply in relation to any such increases.

(b) In this subsection “Civil Service” has the meaning assigned to it by the Civil Service Commissioners Act, 1956 .