Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act, 1938

Conditions of payment of allowance to the Leader of the Third Party.

11.—The following provisions shall apply to the payment of the allowance payable under the next preceding section to the Leader of the Third Party, that is to say:—

(a) no such allowance shall be payable unless the numerical strength in Dáil Eireann of the Third Party is not less than seven;

(b) such allowance shall cease to be paid if the numerical strength in Dáil Eireann of the Third Party at any time falls below seven;

(c) if the numerical strength in Dáil Eireann of the Third Party falls below seven by reason of the death, resignation or disqualification of a member or members of the Third Party, the numerical strength thereof shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to be not less than seven until the vacancy or each of the vacancies in Dáil Eireann caused, by such death, resignation or disqualification is filled.