Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act, 1998
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Allowances to chairpersons, etc., of Oireachtas Committees. |
4.—(1) The Government may, by order— | |
(a) provide for the payment, to the extent specified in the order, to a member of the Oireachtas who holds the position of— | ||
(i) chairperson of an Oireachtas Committee or sub-committee, or | ||
(ii) vice-chairperson of or whip to an Oireachtas Committee, | ||
of an annual allowance in respect of the member's duties as holder of that position, and | ||
(b) determine from time to time— | ||
(i) the Oireachtas Committees, sub-committees and positions in respect of which the allowance is to be paid, | ||
(ii) the rate of the allowance, and | ||
(iii) the date from which the allowance is payable. | ||
(2) An order under this section may provide for— | ||
(a) different rates for different Oireachtas Committees and subcommittees and for different positions with different Committees and sub-committees, and | ||
(b) different dates from which the allowance is payable for different Oireachtas Committees and sub-committees. | ||
(3) In this section and in section 5 of this Act— | ||
“Oireachtas Committee” means— | ||
(a) a committee appointed by order of either or both Houses of the Oireachtas, | ||
(b) the British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body, | ||
(c) the All Party Committee on Strategic Management Initiative, and | ||
(d) such other committee as may be specified by order of the Government and that consists of members of the Oireachtas appointed to the committee in a manner similar to the manner in which members are appointed to the committee referred to in paragraph (c); | ||
“sub-committee” means a sub-committee of an Oireachtas Committee. |