Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act, 1998

Amendment of Principal Act—travelling facilities.

9.—(1) Section 4 of the Principal Act is hereby amended—

(a) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (2):

“(2A) References in subsection (1) to a member of the Oireachtas shall be construed as including a former Taoiseach, or any other former office holder, who is not currently an office holder and who has the use of a State car while continuing to serve as a member.”,

and

(b) by the deletion of subsections (3) and (4).

(2) Subsection (1)(a) shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 6th day of June, 1997, and subsection (1)(b) shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1997.