Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1968

Amendment of section 16 of Principal Act.

11.—The following subsection is hereby substituted for subsection (3) of section 16 of the Principal Act as amended by section 16 of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1960:

“(3) A secretarial pension shall be at the following rates, that is to say:

so long as the pensionable service of the person entitled thereto is less than four years, twenty-eight per cent. of the annual sum payable for the time being by way of salary to a Parliamentary Secretary,

if and so long as such person's pensionable service is less than five years but not less than four years, thirty-two per cent. of the sum aforesaid,

if and so long as such person's pensionable service is less than six years but not less than five years, thirty-seven per cent. of the sum aforesaid,

if and so long as such person's pensionable service is less than seven years but not less than six years, forty-two per cent. of the sum aforesaid,

if and so long as such person's pensionable service is less than eight years but not less than seven years, forty-six per cent. of the sum aforesaid,

in case such person's pensionable service is not less than eight years, fifty-one per cent. of the sum aforesaid.”