8.—The following subsection is hereby substituted for subsection (1) of section 6 of the Principal Act as amended by section 10 of the Act of 1964:
“(1) There shall be paid to the Chairman of Seanad Éireann an annual sum by way of salary not exceeding the sum of £2,000, and to the Deputy Chairman of Seanad Éireann an annual sum by way of salary not exceeding the sum of £1,000.”