Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Act 2009

Houses of the Oireachtas Service.

2.— Section 2(1) of the Principal Act is amended by—

(a) deleting the definition of “ Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas ” (inserted by section 2(a) of the Act of 2006),

(b) inserting after the definition of “ functions ” the following:

“ ‘ Houses of the Oireachtas Service ’ or, in the Irish language, ‘ Seirbhís Thithe an Oireachtais ’ means the office of the public service that is staffed by civil servants of the State, employed by the Commission, who exercise functions under section 3A and under the Commission in running the Houses of the Oireachtas under section 4(1);”,

and

(c) by inserting after the definition of “ Secretary General ” the following:

“ ‘ Service ’ means Houses of the Oireachtas Service.”.