PART III

Amendment of Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Acts, 1938 to 1960

6. —(1) In this Part of this Act—

“the Principal Act” means the Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act, 1938 ;

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

(2) The Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Acts, 1938 to 1960, and this Part of this Act may be cited together as the Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Acts, 1938 to 1964.

7. —(1) The following subsections are hereby substituted for subsections (1) and (2) of section 3 of the Principal Act as amended by section 8 of the Act of 1960:

“(1) There shall be paid to the Taoiseach an annual sum by way of salary not exceeding the sum of £3,300 and to each other member of the Government an annual sum by way of salary not exceeding the sum of £2,200.

(2) There shall be paid an annual sum by way of salary, not exceeding the sum of £1,320, to every Parliamentary Secretary appointed under section 7 of the Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924 , who shall not, by the terms of his appointment, be declared to be appointed without salary.”

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

8. —The following section is hereby substituted for section 4 of the Principal Act as amended by section 9 of the Act of 1960:

“4. There shall be paid to the Attorney General an annual sum by way of salary not exceeding the sum of £3,850.”

9. —The following subsection is hereby substituted for subsection (1) of section 5 of the Principal Act as amended by section 10 of the Act of 1960:

“(1) There shall be paid to the Chairman of Dáil Éireann an annual sum by way of salary not exceeding the sum of £2,200, and to the Deputy Chairman of Dáil Éireann an annual sum by way of salary not exceeding the sum of £935.”

10. —The following subsection is hereby substituted for subsection (1) of section 6 of the Principal Act as amended by section 11 of the Act of 1960:

“(1) There shall be paid to the Chairman of Seanad Éireann an annual sum by way of salary not exceeding the sum of £1,375, and to the Deputy Chairman of Seanad Éireann an annual sum by way of salary not exceeding the sum of £550.”

11. —The following subsections are hereby substituted for subsections (1) to (3) of section 10 of the Principal Act as amended by section 13 of the Act of 1960:

“(1) Where there is one qualified Party and not more, there shall be paid to the Leader of that Party an annual sum by way of allowance for expenses of £5,040.

(2) Where there are two qualified Parties and not more—

(a) there shall be paid to the Leader of that one of the qualified Parties which is of the greater numerical strength in Dáil Éireann an annual sum by way of allowance for expenses of £3,360, and

(b) there shall be paid to the Leader of the other qualified Party an annual sum by way of allowance for expenses of £1,680.

(3) Where there are three or more qualified Parties—

(a) there shall be paid to the Leader of that one of the qualified Parties which is of the greatest numerical strength in Dáil Éireann an annual sum by way of allowance for expenses of £2,520,

(b) there shall be paid to each of the Leaders of the other qualified Parties an annual sum by way of allowance for expenses of £2,520 divided by the number of the other qualified Parties.”