Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1973

Amendment of section 3 of Principal Act.

4.—(1) The following subsections are hereby substituted for subsections (1), (2) and (3) of section 3 of the Principal Act, as amended by section 4 of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1960 , and section 3 of the Act of 1968:

“(1) The allowance to be paid to each member of Dáil Éireann under this Act shall be an allowance at the rate of £3,416 per annum payable monthly.

(2) The allowance to be paid to each member of Seanad Éireann under this Act shall be an allowance at the rate of £2,023 per annum payable monthly.”.

(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 1st day of July, 1973.