S.I. No. 480/2023 - Oireachtas (Allowances) (Members and Holders of Parliamentary and Certain Ministerial Offices) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 29th September, 2023.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 4 and 8 (amended by section 43 of the Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices and Oireachtas Members (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001 (No. 33 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) (Members and Holders of Parliamentary and Certain Ministerial Offices) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2023.

2. Article 6 (amended by Article (2)(b) of the Oireachtas (Allowances) (Members and Holders of Parliamentary and Certain Ministerial Offices) (Amendment) Order 2023 ( S.I. No. 227 of 2023 )) of the Oireachtas (Allowances) (Members and Holders of Parliamentary and Certain Ministerial Offices) Order 2020 ( S.I. No. 613 of 2020 ) is amended by the insertion of the following paragraphs after paragraph (5):

“(6) There is payable to a member of the Oireachtas who holds or held the position of chairperson of the Oireachtas Committee known as the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying an allowance, in respect of the member’s duties as holder of that position, annually –

(a) at the rate of €10,082 in respect of any period beginning on or after 1 October 2022, and

(b) at the rate of €10,284 in respect of any period beginning on or after 1 March 2023,

during which the member held that position.

(7) There is payable to a member of the Oireachtas who holds or held the position of chairperson of the Oireachtas Committee known as the Seanad Select Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments an allowance, in respect of the member’s duties as holder of that position, annually –

(a) at the rate of €10,082 in respect of any period beginning on or after 1 October 2022, and

(b) at the rate of €10,284 in respect of any period beginning on or after 1 March 2023,

during which the member held that position.

(8) There is payable to a member of the Oireachtas who holds or held the position of chairperson of the Oireachtas Committee known as the Joint Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community an allowance, in respect of the member’s duties as holder of that position, annually at the rate of €10,284 in respect of any period beginning on or after 1 March 2023, during which the member held that position.”.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,

26 September, 2023.

LEO VARADKAR,

Taoiseach.