Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1960

Amendment of section 23 of Principal Act.

18.—(1) The following subsection is hereby substituted for subsections (1) and (2) of section 23 of the Principal Act:

“(1) Where—

(a) a person to whom a pension under Part IV is for the time being payable is in receipt of any payment out of public moneys, and

(b) the aggregate of the annual amount of the pension and the annual amount of the payment out of public moneys exceeds one thousand pounds,

the annual amount of the pension under Part IV shall be reduced by the amount of the said excess.”

(2) Subsection (3) of section 23 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the addition at the end of the definition of “payment out of public moneys” of the following word and paragraph:

“or

(g) an allowance under the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Act, 1938 (No. 34 of 1938).”