Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices and Oireachtas Members (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2001

Amendment of section 29 of the 1938 Act — annual rate of severance allowance.

17.—Section 29 of the 1938 Act (as inserted by section 10 of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1992 ) is amended—

(a) in subsection (2), by substituting “730.” for “730:”, and

(b) by deleting the proviso to subsection (2), and

(c) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (2):

“(2A) A person who has held the office of Attorney General—

(a) during a period when the person was not also a member of a House of the Oireachtas, and

(b) during a period when the person was also such a member,

is to be regarded as having held separate qualifying offices during each of those periods for the purpose of determining the person's relevant salary under subsection (2).”.