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Amendment of section 10 of Principal Act.
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14.—The following subsections are hereby substituted for subsections (1) to (3) of section 10 of the Principal Act as amended by section 9 of the Act of 1968:
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“(1) Where there is one qualified Party which is not a Government Party and not more, there shall be paid to the Leader of that Party an annual sum by way of allowance for expenses of £25,000.
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(2) Where there are two qualified Parties neither of which is a Government Party and not more—
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(a) there shall be paid to the Leader of that one of those qualified Parties which is of the greater numerical strength in Dáil Éireann an annual sum by way of allowance for expenses of £17,500, and
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(b) there shall be paid to the Leader of the other such qualified Party an annual sum by way of allowance for expenses of £7,500.
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(3) Where there are three or more qualified Parties none of which is a Government Party—
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(a) there shall be paid to the Leader of that one of those qualified Parties which is of the greatest numerical strength in Dáil Éireann an annual sum by way of allowance for expenses of £12,500,
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(b) there shall be paid to each of the Leaders of the other such qualified Parties an annual sum by way of allowance for expenses of £12,500 divided by the number of the other qualified Parties.
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(3A) In this section ‘expenses’ includes expenses incurred in respect of research.”.
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