Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices (Amendment) Act, 1983

Pensions to former Chairmen and Deputy Chairmen of Seanad Éireann.

5.—(1) Section 13 of the Act of 1938 is hereby amended, as respects any person who ceases after the passing of this Act to hold a qualifying office (within the meaning of the Act of 1938), by—

(a) the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “secretarial office”:

“‘secretarial office’ means any office which is one of the following:

(a) the office of Deputy Chairman of Dáil Éireann;

(b) the office of Minister of State;

(c) the office of Chairman of Seanad Éireann;

(d) the office of Deputy Chairman of Seanad Éireann;”,

and

(b) the deletion of “, the office of Minister of State” in the definition of “qualifying office” (inserted by the Act of 1977).

(2) In determining the rate of pension under subsection (3) (inserted by the Act of 1968) of section 16 of the Act of 1938 payable to a person who ceases to hold a qualifying office and to whom that section applies by virtue of subsection (1) of this section, the references in the said subsection (3) to the annual sum payable by way of salary to a Parliamentary Secretary shall be construed as references to the annual sum payable by way of salary to the person immediately before such cesser as the holder of that qualifying office.