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Amendment of Act of 1964—travelling facilities and regulations.
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18.—Section 5 of the Act of 1964 is hereby amended—
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(a) by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (1):
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“(1A) The Minister for Finance may, by regulations, determine—
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(a) the date from which travelling facilities are payable,
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(b) the rate or rates of travelling facilities payable to a member or members of Dáil Éireann,
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(c) the rate or rates of travelling facilities payable to a member or members of Seanad Éireann,
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(d) any method of future revision of the rate or rates of travelling facilities, and
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(e) the manner in which, and the exceptions, restrictions and conditions subject to which, travelling facilities are to be provided and paid to members of the Oireachtas.
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(1B) Regulations under this Act may, if so expressed, have retrospective effect.”,
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and
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(b) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):
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“(2) Every regulation made under this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the regulation is passed by either House within the next 21 days on which that House has sat after the regulation has been laid before it, the regulation shall be annulled accordingly but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.”.
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