Vocational Education (Amendment) Act, 1947

Annual allowance to officer of certain former committees appointed for the purposes of the Act of 1899.

4.—(1) In this section—

the expression “the paying body” means the council of the county of Meath;

the expression “contributing body” means a body being one of those specified in column (1) of the Table to this section;

the expression “the appropriate contribution” means, in relation to a contributing body, the amount set out in column (2) of the said Table opposite the mention in the said Table of that contributing body;

the expression “the allowance” means the allowance payable under subsection (2) of this section.

(2) The paying body shall, during his life, pay to Hugh O'Flynn (who at various times held office under the several committees which were, for the purposes of the repealed Act of 1899, appointed respectively by the paying body and each of the contributing bodies and who was appointed to a permanent position in the Civil Service in the year 1925), in respect of his service under the said committees, an annual allowance of sixty-eight pounds.

(3) The annual allowance—

(a) shall commence—

(i) in case the said Hugh O'Flynn has retired from the Civil Service before the date of the passing of this Act, as on and from the said date, or

(ii) in case he so retires on or after the date of the passing of this Act, as on and from the date of such retirement, and

(b) shall, if so required by him, be paid in monthly instalments but, unless and until he so requires, in quarterly instalments.

(4) In respect of each instalment of the allowance paid by the paying body—

(a) the Minister shall, by way of contribution towards such instalment, pay out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas to the paying body one-half of such instalment,

(b) each contributing body shall, by way of contribution towards such instalment, pay to the paying body, at such times as the Minister for Local Government and Public Health may direct, a sum which bears to one-half of such instalment the same proportion as the appropriate contribution bears to thirty-four pounds.

TABLE TO SECTION 4.

Contributing Body

Appropriate Contribution

(1)

(2)

The council of the county of Leitrim.

£8

The council of the county of Mayo.

£18

The corporation of the county borough of Limerick.

£5