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Payments, indemnification, etc., in respect of certain persons in employment.
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4.—(1) Where an injury is claimed to have been sustained by a person on or after the 1st day of January, 1993, and in respect of which—
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(a) the person sustained the injury in the course of employment as a secretarial assistant (whether or not referred to by such title) by a member of either House of the Oireachtas or by a registered political party which at the relevant time had members in either or both of those Houses,
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(b) such employment was remunerated by payments made from the Vote for the Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas, and
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(c) proceedings were instituted prior to the commencement of regulations under subsection (2) of this section,
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then, the Minister for Finance may make regulations for the purpose of recouping, in whole or in part, to such member or party any award or settlement, together with the costs incurred.
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(2) Where an injury is claimed to have been sustained by a person in respect of which—
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(a) the person sustained the injury in the course of employment as a secretarial assistant (whether or not referred to by such title) by a member of either House of the Oireachtas or by a registered political party which at the relevant time had members in either or both of those Houses, and
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(b) such employment was remunerated by payments made from the Vote for the Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas,
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then, the Minister for Finance may by regulations provide for the payment by the Minister to, or indemnification by, the Minister of such member or registered political party in respect of any award or settlement, together with the costs, incurred as a result of proceedings instituted by a person employed under regulations made by that Minister under section 2 (1) (c) (inserted by this Act) of the Act of 1962.
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