Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) (Amendment) Act, 1994

Increase of allowances corresponding with general increase of remuneration in Civil Service.

5.—(1) Whenever, on or after the passing of this Act, there is a general increase of remuneration in the Civil Service with effect from a particular day, pursuant to agreements or arrangements having effect on a general basis in the Civil Service (whether or not they also apply in relation to persons employed other than in the Civil Service) the allowances payable under section 2 and 3 shall be increased correspondingly with effect from that day and, accordingly, an order under section 2 or, as may be appropriate, 3 shall not apply in relation to any such increases.

(2) In this section “Civil Service” has the meaning assigned to it by the Civil Service Commissioners Act, 1956 .