Staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas Act, 1959

Amendment of section 2 (1) of the Commissioners Act.

12.—(1) So much of subsection (1) (as originally enacted) of section 2 of the Commissioners Act as defines “member of the staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas”, “officer of the Houses of the Oireachtas” and “position” is hereby repealed.

(2) There shall be inserted in subsection (1) of section 2 of the Commissioners Act the following three new definitions—

‘“member of the joint staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas” does not include an officer of the Houses of the Oireachtas;

“officer of the Houses of the Oireachtas” means a person being—

(a) the Clerk or Clerk-Assistant of Dáil Éireann or Seanad Éireann, or

(b) the Superintendent, Houses of the Oireachtas, or

(c) the Captain of the Guard, Houses of the Oireachtas;

“position” means a position in the Civil Service'.