Staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas Act, 1959

Amendment of section 1 (1) of the Regulation Act.

17.—(1) So much of subsection (1) (as originally enacted) of section 1 of the Regulation Act as defines “civil servant,” “member of the staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas” and “officer of the Houses of the Oireachtas” is hereby repealed.

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

‘“civil servant” means a person holding a position in the Civil Service and includes a member of the staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas;

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

“member of the staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas” includes an officer of the Houses of the Oireaehtas;

“officer of the Houses of the Oireaehtas” 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;’.