Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices and Oireachtas Members (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2001
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Amendment of section 31 of the 1938 Act — special allowance for former Taoiseach. |
19.—Section 31 of the 1938 Act (as inserted by section 10 of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1992 ) is amended by substituting the following subsection for subsection (1): | |
“(1) If— | ||
(a) a person who has held the office of Taoiseach for not less than 1 year was entitled to a severance allowance under this Part, but that entitlement has ceased otherwise than on the person's appointment to a qualifying office, and | ||
(b) the person has not yet reached 50 years of age, | ||
the person immediately becomes entitled to be paid a special allowance at the rate of 25 per cent of the annual salary currently payable to the Taoiseach. However, if the person held the office of Taoiseach before the commencement of section 19 of the Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices and Oireachtas Members (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2001, the entitlement arises only on that commencement.”. |