S.I. No. 285/2009 - Oireachtas (Allowances) (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission and Chairpersons of Oireachtas Committees) Order 2009
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||||||||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 31st July, 2009. | ||||||||
The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 3 (as amended by 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 Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices and Oireachtas Members (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001 (No. 33 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. This Order may be cited as the Oireachtas (Allowances) (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission and Chairpersons of Oireachtas Committees) Order 2009. | ||||||||
2. There is payable to a member of the Oireachtas who holds or held a position as a member of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission an allowance in respect of the member’s duties as holder of that position, at the rate of €16,018 annually, in respect of any period, beginning on or after the date of the making of this order, 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 an Oireachtas committee specified in column (2) of the Schedule at any reference number, an annual allowance in respect of the member’s duties as holder of that position, at the rate specified in column (3) of that Schedule opposite that reference number, in respect of any period beginning on or after the date of the making of this order, during which the member held that position. | ||||||||
4. The following are revoked: | ||||||||
(a) Articles 4, 6, 8 and 9 of and Parts 1, 3 and 4 of Schedule 2 to the Oireachtas (Allowances and Allocations) (Members and Holders of Parliamentary and Certain Ministerial Offices) Order 2008 ( S.I. No. 56 of 2008 ), | ||||||||
(b) Article 3 of and the Schedule to the Oireachtas (Allowances) (Certain Ministers of State and Chairpersons of Oireachtas Sub-Committees) Order 2009 ( S.I. No. 178 of 2009 ). | ||||||||
Article 3 | ||||||||
SCHEDULE | ||||||||
Rates of annual allowances payable to chairpersons of specified Oireachtas Committees. | ||||||||
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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, | ||||||||
22 July 2009 | ||||||||
BRIAN COWEN, | ||||||||
Taoiseach. |
