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14 1964

OIREACHTAS (ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS) AND MINISTERIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY OFFICES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1964

PART II

Amendment of Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Acts, 1938 to 1962

Interpretation and collective citation.

2. —(1) In this Part of this Act—

the Principal Act” means the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Act, 1938 ;

the Act of 1960” means the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1960 .

(2) The Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Acts, 1938 to 1962, and this Part of this Act may be cited together as the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Acts, 1938 to 1964.

Amendment of section 3 of Principal Act.

3. —(1) The following subsections are hereby substituted for subsections (1) and (2) of section 3 of the Principal Act as amended by section 4 of the Act of 1960:

“(1) The allowance to be paid to each member of Dáil Éireann under this Act shall be an allowance at the rate of £1,500 per annum payable monthly.

(2) The allowance to be paid to each member of Seanad Éireann under this Act shall be an allowance at the rate of £1,000 per annum payable monthly.”

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 1st day of June, 1964.

Amendment of section 4 of Principal Act.

4. —(1) Subsection (1) of section 4 of the Principal Act is hereby amended as follows:

(a) the word “Dublin” shall, in the case of a member travelling by road, be construed as referring to Leinster House,

(b) subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) shall not apply in the case of a member whose constituency is wholly within the ten mile area unless that constituency is outside the county borough of Dublin and his normal place of residence is outside the 10 mile area,

(c) the application of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a), of paragraph (b) and of paragraph (c) shall, in the case of a member whose normal place of residence is within the 10 mile area, be restricted to occasions of attendance by the member at a meeting of—

(i) Dáil Éireann or Seanad Éireann, or

(ii) a committee of Dáil Éireann or Seanad Éireann of which he is a member,

(d) subparagraphs (iii) and (iv) of paragraph (a) shall not apply in the case of a member whose constituency is wholly within the 10 mile area unless his normal place of residence is outside that area.

(2) In subsection (1) of this section “the 10 mile area” means the area all places in which are within 10 miles from Leinster House.

Prescription of travelling facilities.

5. —(1) Section 2 of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act, 1947 , is hereby repealed and, in lieu thereof, it is hereby enacted that travelling facilities for the purposes of the Principal Act shall be such facilities as may be prescribed by the Minister for Finance by regulations.

(2) Every regulation made under this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made.

(3) This section shall come into operation on such day as the Minister for Finance appoints by order.