S.I. No. 78/1995 - Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) (Amendment) Act, 1994 (Section 2) Order, 1995.


S.I. No. 78 of 1995.

OIREACHTAS (ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1994 (SECTION 2) ORDER, 1995.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 2 and 8 of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act, 1994 (No. 21 of 1994), hereby make the following Order:

1. This Order may be cited as the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act (Section 2) Order, 1995.

2. The Schedule to the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act, 1994 (Sections 2 and 3) Order, 1994 ( S.I. No. 302 of 1994 ), is hereby amended by the substitution for Part I thereof of the following Part:

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PART I.

Rates of annual allowances payable to chairmen of specified Oireachtas Committees.

Reference No.

Oireachtas Committee

Rate of annual allowance

(1)

(2)

(3)

£

1.

The Committee of Public Accounts

10,000

2.

The Joint Committee on the Irish Language

6,630

3.

The Joint Committee on Women's Rights

6,630

4.

The Joint Services Committee

6,630

5.

The Joint Committee on Commercial State-Sponsored Bodies

10,000

6.

The Select Committee on Finance and General Affairs

10,000

7.

The Select Committee on Enterprise and Economic Strategy

10,000

8.

The Select Committee on Legislation and Security

10,000

9.

The Select Committee on Social Affairs

10,000

10.

The Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs

10,000

11.

The British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body

6,630

12.

The Joint Committee on European Affairs

10,000

13.

The Joint Committee on Small Business and Services

6,630

14.

The Joint Committee on Sustainable Development

6,630

15.

The Joint Committee on the Family

6,630

".

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 23rd day of March, 1995.

JOHN BRUTON,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order provides for the payment of allowances to the Chairpersons of certain Oireachtas Committees.