S.I. No. 457/1998:

OIREACHTAS (ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS) (TELEPHONE AND POSTAL FACILITIES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1998

OIREACHTAS (ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS) (TELEPHONE AND POSTAL FACILITIES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1998

I, Charlie McCreevy, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by Sections 2 (inserted by section 11 (1) of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1992 (No. 3 of 1992), and amended by section 3 of the Oireachtas (Miscellaneous Provisions) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1996 (No. 39 of 1996)) and 3 (as amended by section 17 of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act, 1998 (No. 5 of 1998)) of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Act, 1962 (No. 32 of 1962), hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Telephone and Postal Facilities) (Amendment) Regulations, 1998.

2. These Regulations shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 6th day of June, 1997, and shall cease to have effect on the day of the dissolution of Dáil Éireann next following the making of these Regulations.

3. In addition to the amount of £1,000 payable under Regulation 4(1)(c) of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Telephone and Postal Facilities) Regulations, 1998 ( S.I. No. 99 of 1998 ), there shall be payable in respect of each year an amount of £500, in respect of a Constituency Telephone Allowance, to a member of either Dáil Éireann or Seanad Éireann who is also the holder of the office of chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts appointed by Dáil Éireann.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 28th day of November, 1998.

CHARLIE McCREEVY, T.D.,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the existing provisions in relation to the telephone and postal facilities available to Members of the Oireachtas.