S.I. No. 345/2010 - Oireachtas (Allowances) (Certain Ministers of State) Order 2010.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 13th July, 2010.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 3A (inserted by section 40 of the Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices and Oireachtas Members (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001 (No. 33 of 2001) (“Act of 2001”)) and 8 (as amended by section 43 of the Act of 2001) of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act 1998 (No. 5 of 1998), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Oireachtas (Allowances) (Certain Ministers of State) Order 2010.

2. There is payable to—

(a) John Curran, Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach and at the Department of Defence, with special responsibility as Government Chief Whip, and

(b) Barry Andrews, Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and at the Department of Education and Science,

as the holders of those offices, respectively, who regularly attend meetings of the Government, an annual allowance each at the rate of €18,421, for any period beginning on or after 23 March 2010.

3. The Oireachtas (Allowances) (Certain Ministers of State and Chairpersons of Oireachtas Sub-Committees) Order 2009 ( S.I. No. 178 of 2009 ) is revoked.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,

22 June 2010.

BRIAN COWEN,

Taoiseach.