Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1960

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Amendment of section 11 of Principal Act.

14.—The following section is hereby substituted for section 11 of the Principal Act:

“11. The following provisions shall apply in relation to an allowance provided for by paragraph (b) of subsection (2) or paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of the next preceding section:

(a) the allowance shall not be paid unless the numerical strength in Dáil Éireann of the Party concerned is not less than seven;

(b) the allowance shall cease to be paid if the numerical strength in Dáil Éireann of the Party concerned at any time falls below seven;

(c) if the numerical strength in Dáil Éireann of the Party concerned falls below seven by reason of the death, resignation or disqualification of a member or members of said Party, the numerical strength thereof shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to be not less than seven until the vacancy or each of the vacancies in Dáil Éireann caused by such death, resignation or disqualification is filled.”