S.I. No. 325 of 2009

OIREACHTAS (ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS) AND MINISTERIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY OFFICES (AMENDMENT) ACT 1992 (ALLOWANCES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2009

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 21st August, 2009.

I, BRIAN LENIHAN, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3(4) (as amended by section 19 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) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act 1992 (No. 3 of 1992), hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act 1992 (Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 2009.

2. In these Regulations "Principal Regulations" means the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act 1992 (Allowances) (No. 2) Regulations 1992 ( S.I. No. 397 of 1992 ).

3. The Principal Regulations (as amended by Regulation 2 of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Regulations 1998 ( S.I. No. 100 of 1998 )) are amended-

(a) in Regulation 3-

(i) in paragraph (a), by substituting "€5,000" for "£4,000", and

(ii) in paragraph (b), by substituting:

(I) in subparagraph (i), "€2,500" for "£2,000",

(II) in subparagraph (ii), "€5,000" for "£4,000", and

(III) in subparagraph (iii), "€8,000" for "£6,400",

(b) in paragraph (b) of Regulation 4, by substituting-

(i) in subparagraph (i), "€13,000" for "£10, 650",

(ii) in subparagraph (ii), "€12,000" for "£9,770", and

(iii) in subparagraph (iii), "€11,000" for "£8,800",

(c) in Regulation 5, by substituting "€3,750" for "£3,000", and

(d) in Regulation 6, by substituting "€8,200" for "£6,660".

4. The Principal Regulations are amended by substituting for Regulation 6A (inserted by Regulation 4 of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act 1992 (Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 ( S.I. No. 387 of 2001 )) and Regulation 6B (inserted by the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act 1992 (Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 464 of 2003 )) the following:

"6A The rate of the allowance payable to the holder of the office of Attorney General while not a member of the Oireachtas is, with effect from 5 August 2009, the sum of €12,000 per year.

6B The rate of allowance payable under section 3 of the Act of 1992 to a member of Seanad Éireann who is also the holder of the office of Leader of the House of Seanad Éireann is, with effect from 5 August 2009, the sum of €8,200 per annum.".

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

5 August 2009

BRIAN LENIHAN

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

These Regulations reduce the amounts paid in relation to the constituency travel and miscellaneous expense allowances payable to Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas and Parliamentary Office holders.