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Amendment of section 11 (transfer of rights and liabilities) of Principal Act.
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7.— Section 11 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following after subsection (1):
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“(1A) (a) The Commission shall discharge any liabilities of the Minister which arise or have arisen in respect of a person who is or was employed—
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(i) as a civil servant of the State by the Commission,
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(ii) as a member of the joint staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas or as an officer of Dáil Éireann or Seanad Éireann, or
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(iii) by—
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(I) a member of Dáil Éireann or of Seanad Éireann solely in connection with the member’s parliamentary duties, or
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(II) a qualifying party for the purposes of facilitating the parliamentary activities of its elected members,
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in accordance with regulations made under the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Acts 1938 to 1998 for the provision of secretarial facilities.
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(b) In this subsection ‘qualifying party’ means a political party registered in the Register of Political Parties which contested the last preceding general election or any subsequent bye-elections and which had a member or members elected to Dáil Éireann or elected or nominated to Seanad Éireann at that general election or at any subsequent bye-election.”.
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