Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act, 1938

Remuneration of Chairman and Deputy Chairman of Dáil Eireann.

5.—(1) There shall be paid to the Chairman of Dáil Eireann an annual sum by way of salary not exceeding the sum of £1,700, and to the Deputy Chairman of Dáil Eireann an annual sum by way of salary not exceeding the sum of £1,000.

(2) Whenever Dáil Eireann is dissolved and the person who was, immediately before the dissolution thereof, the Chairman of Dáil Eireann, has not announced to Dáil Eireann before such dissolution that he does not desire to become a member of Dáil Eireann at the general election consequent on such dissolution, the salary payable under this section to such person shall continue to be paid to him until, on the reassembly of Dáil Eireann after such dissolution, his successor is appointed.