Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices (Amendment) Act, 1977

Amendment of section 3 of Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act, 1938.

6.—Section 3 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):

“(2) There shall be paid an annual sum by way of salary, not exceeding the sum of £4,727, to every Minister of State appointed under section 1 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1977 .”;

(b) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (4):

“(4) The total number of persons who are, at any one time, in receipt of salaries under this section shall not exceed twenty-five.”.