S.I. No. 25/1998 -- Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) (Amendment) Act, 1994 (Sections 2 and 3) Order, 1998.

S.I. No. 25/1998 -- Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) (Amendment) Act, 1994 (Sections 2 and 3) Order, 1998. 1998 25

S.I. No. 25/1998:

OIREACHTAS (ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1994 (SECTIONS 2 AND 3) ORDER, 1998.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 2 and 3 of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act, 1994 , (No. 21 of 1994), hereby make the following order:

1. This Order may be cited as the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act, 1994 (Sections 2 and 3) Order, 1998.

2. There shall be payable to every member of the Oireachtas who is the holder of the position of chairman of an Oireachtas Committee specified in column (2) of the Schedule to this Order at any reference number, an annual allowance in respect of the member's duties as holder of such position, at the rate specified in column (3) of the said Schedule opposite that reference number, in respect of any period--

(a) in the case of the Committee of Public Accounts, being not earlier than the making of this Order, and

(b) in the case of any other Oireachtas Committee specified in column (2) of the Schedule to this Order at any reference number, since the date specified in column (4) opposite that reference number,

during which the said member holds or has held such position.

3. There shall be payable to the member of Seanad Éireann who is the holder of the position of Leader of the House, an annual allowance, in respect of the member's duties as holder of such position, at the rate of £10,000, in respect of any period since the 6th day of August, 1997, during which the said member holds or has held such position.

4. The Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act, 1994 (Sections 2 and 3) Order, 1994 ( S.I. No. 302 of 1994 ), and the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act, 1994 (Section 2) Order, 1995 ( S.I. No. 78 of 1995 ), are hereby revoked.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 3rd day of February, 1998.

BERTIE AHERN,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order provides for the payment of allowances to the Chairpersons of certain Oireachtas Committees and to the Leader of the House in Seanad Éireann.

SCHEDULE

Rates of annual allowances payable to chairmen of specified Oireachtas Committees

Reference No.	Oireachtas Committee	Rates of Annual Allowance	Date
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
		£
1.	The Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs	10,000	19.11.97
2.	The Joint Committee on European Affairs	10,000	19.11.97
3.	The Joint Committee on Justice, Equality and Women's Rights	10,000	19.11.97
4.	The Joint Committee on Family, Community and Social Affairs	10,000	19.11.97
5.	The Joint Committee on Heritage and the Irish Language	10,000	19.11.97
6.	The Joint Committee on Public Enterprise and Transport	10,000	19.11.97
7.	The Joint Committee on Enterprise and Small Business	10,000	26.11.97
8.	The Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service	10,000	19.11.97
9.	The Joint Committee on Environment and Local Government	10,000	19.11.97
10.	The Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine	10,000	19.11.97
11.	The Joint Committee on Health and Children	10,000	19.11.97
12.	The Joint Committee on Education and Science	10,000	19.11.97
13.	The Joint Committee on Tourism, Sport and Recreation	10,000	26.11.97
14.	The Committee on Public Accounts	10,000
15.	The Joint House Services Committee	10,000	19.11.97
16.	The British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body	10,000	01.12.97
17.	The Select Committee on Members' Interest of Dáil Éireann	5,000	13.11.97
18.	The Select Committee on Members' Interest of Seanad Éireann	3,000	19.11.97

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S.I. No. 25/1998 -- Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) (Amendment) Act, 1994 (Sections 2 and 3) Order, 1998.