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

Amendment of section 3A of Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Act, 1938, and section 8A of Act of 1938.

6.—(1) Section 3A (inserted by the Act of 1973) of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Act, 1938 , is hereby amended by the insertion in subsection (1) after “increase” of “or decrease” and the said subsection, as so amended, is set out in the Table to this subsection.

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(1) The Government may, whenever they so think fit, by order increase or decrease either or both of the following, namely, the allowance to each member of Dáil Éireann and the allowance to each member of Seanad Éireann, payable under section 3 of this Act.

(2) Section 8A (inserted by the Act of 1973) of the Act of 1938 is hereby amended by the insertion in subsection (1) after “increase” of “or decrease” and so much of the said subsection as precedes paragraph (a) thereof, as so amended, is set out in the Table to this subsection.

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(1) The Government may, whenever they so think fit, by order increase or decrease all or any one or more of the following, namely,