S.I. No. 216/2018 - Oireachtas (Allowances) (Chairpersons of Oireachtas Committees and Holders of Certain Parliamentary Offices) Order 2018

1. 2.

Seanad Technical Group LeaderSeanad Technical Group Whip

€4,341€2,396

€6,000€4,000

SCHEDULE 2

Part 1

Article 3

Committee (1)

Rate of annual allowance (2)

A

B

Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development

€9,120

€9,500

Part 2

Article 4

Committee (1)

Rate of annual allowance (2)

A

B

C

Seanad Special Select Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union

€5,989

€7,745

€9,500

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,

19 June 2018.

LEO VARADKAR,

Taoiseach.

2. There is payable to a member of Seanad Éireann who holds or held a position in Seanad Éireann, specified in column (2) of Schedule 1 at any reference number, an allowance, in respect of the member’s duties as holder of that position, annually at the rate specified in column (3) A of that Schedule opposite that reference number in respect of any period beginning on or after 12 December 2017, and at the rate specified in column (3) B of that Schedule opposite that reference number in respect of any period beginning on or after 1 January 2018, during which the member held that position.

3. There is payable to a member of the Oireachtas who holds or held the position of chairperson of the Oireachtas Committee specified in Part 1 of Schedule 2, an allowance, in respect of the member’s duties as holder of that position, annually at the rate specified in column (2) A of that Part in respect of any period beginning on or after 13 December 2017, and at the rate specified in column (2) B of that Part in respect of any period beginning on or after 1 January 2018, during which the member held that position.

4. There is payable to a member of the Oireachtas who holds or held the position of chairperson of the Oireachtas Committee specified in Part 2 of Schedule 2, an allowance, in respect of the member’s duties as holder of that position, annually at the rate specified in column (2) A of that Part in respect of any period beginning on or after 23 February 2017, at the rate specified in column (2) B of that Part in respect of any period beginning on or after 1 April 2017, and at the rate specified in column (2) C of that Part in respect of any period beginning on or after 1 January 2018, during which the member held that position.

5. The Oireachtas (Allowances) (Members and Holders of Parliamentary and Certain Ministerial Offices) Order 2017 (

S.I. No. 14 of 2017

) is amended in Schedule 1 by deleting the matter at reference number 1.

SCHEDULE 1

Article 2

Reference number (1)

Position in Seanad Éireann (2)

Rate of annual allowance (3)

A

B

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

26

th June

, 2018.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 3 (as amended by

section 39

of the

Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices and Oireachtas Members (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001

(No. 33 of 2001) (“Act of 2001”) and

section 8

(5) of the

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Act 2003

(No. 28 of 2003)), 4 and 8 (as amended by section 43 of the Act of 2001) of the

Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act 1998

(No. 5 of 1998), hereby order as follows