Local Government Act, 1925

Bonus on cost of living.

46.—(1) Where the yearly salary and emoluments of an officer of a local body include a temporary increase or addition (in this section called a “bonus”) which was expressed at the time of granting to be granted to meet the increased cost of living, calculated according to the amount of the remainder of his salary and emoluments and variable from time to time in accordance with the average cost of living in Saorstát Eireann, such bonus shall not be taken into account in fixing the amount of any allowance granted to such officer.

(2) Where in a case to which the foregoing sub-section applies an allowance is granted to the officer there shall be added to such allowance an increase or addition calculated on the amount of the allowance and variable in the like manner in all respects as the bonus payable to such officer immediately before he ceased to hold office was then variable.