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Overnight allowance.
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1.—(1) In this section—
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“the Dublin area” means such area inclusive of the county borough of Dublin as may be declared by regulations to be for the purposes of this section the Dublin area;
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“member to whom this section applies” means a member of Dáil Éireann or Seanad Éireann whose normal place of residence for the time being is not in the Dublin area;
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“meeting” means a meeting of—
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(a) Dáil Éireann or Seanad Éireann, or
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(b) a committee of Dáil Éireann or Seanad Éireann of which the member to whom this section applies is a member.
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(2) Where a member to whom this section applies makes an overnight stay in the Dublin area because—
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(a) he proposes to attend a meeting next day, or
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(b) a meeting which he attended terminated too late to allow of his return home on the same day,
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he shall be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas an overnight allowance in respect of accommodation of the amount for the time being sanctioned by the Minister for Finance for the purposes of this section.
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