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Amendment of Schedule 1 (ongoing expenditure) to Principal Act.
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3.— The Principal Act is amended by substituting for Schedule 1 the following:
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“SCHEDULE 1
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ONGOING EXPENDITURE
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1. Administration—
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(a) Salaries, wages and allowances in respect of staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas Service.
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(b) Travel and subsistence.
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(c) Training and development and incidental expenses.
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(d) Postal and telecommunications services.
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(e) Office equipment and external IT services.
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(f) Office premises expenses.
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(g) Consultancy services and value for money and policy review.
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(h) Parliamentary printing.
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(i) Library and research services.
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(j) Public relations and communications.
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2. Other services—
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(a) Payment in respect of catering and bar staff.
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(b) Expenses of delegates to other parliamentary assemblies.
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(c) Televising of proceedings of Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann and other services.
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(d) Grant-in-aid in respect of inter-parliamentary activities.
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(e) Grant-in-aid to British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly.
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(f) North/South Inter-Parliamentary Association.
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(g) Termination allowances in respect of former members of the Houses of the Oireachtas.
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(h) Grant to Irish Parliamentary (former Members) Society.
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(i) Grant-in-aid in respect of “Ciste Pinsean Thithe an Oireachtais”.
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(j) Pension scheme for secretarial assistants.
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3. Membership of Dáil Éireann—
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(a) Salaries of members (including Office Holders and Chairpersons of Committees).
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(b) Payments in respect of secretarial assistance for non-office holding members.
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(c) Travel and Accommodation Allowance.
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(d) Public Representation Allowance.
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(e) Other allowances.
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4. Membership of Seanad Éireann—
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(a) Salaries of members (including Office Holders and Chairpersons of Committees).
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(b) Payments in respect of secretarial assistance for non-office holding members.
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(c) Travel and Accommodation Allowance.
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(d) Public Representation Allowance.
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(e) Other allowances.
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5. Membership of Oireachtas Committees—
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(a) Travel expenses.
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(b) Other expenses relating to Committees.
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6. Membership of European Parliament—
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(a) Salaries of members of the European Parliament.
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(b) Pensions of former members of the European Parliament.”.
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