Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Act 2015

Amendment of section 5 of Principal Act

3. Section 5 (inserted by section 2 of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2012 ) of the Principal Act is amended by—

(a) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):

“(1) Subject to subsection (2), the expenditure incurred by the Commission in the performance of its functions during the period of 3 years from 1 January 2016, shall, with the approval of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, be charged on and paid out of the Central Fund or the growing produce of that Fund by the Minister for Finance.”,

and

(b) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):

“(2) Not more than the sum of €369,000,000 shall be charged on and paid out of the Central Fund or the growing produce of that Fund in accordance with subsection (1).”.