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Number 3 of 1992
OIREACHTAS (ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS) AND MINISTERIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY OFFICES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1992
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section | |
Allowance payable under section 3 to be exempt from income tax. | |
Amendment of section 4 of European Assembly (Irish Representatives) Act, 1979. | |
Acts Referred to | |
1979, No. 19 | |
1967, No. 6 | |
1938, No. 38 | |
1952, No. 19 | |
1977, No. 28 | |
1938, No. 34 | |
Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1960 | 1960, No. 12 |
1962, No. 32 | |
Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1964 | 1964, No. 14 |
Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1968 | 1968, No. 22 |
1977, No. 29 | |
1983, No. 32 | |
Number 3 of 1992
OIREACHTAS (ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS) AND MINISTERIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY OFFICES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1992
Definitions.
1.—In this Act—
“the Act of 1938” means the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Act, 1938;
“the Act of 1952” means the Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1952;
“the Act of 1977” means the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices (Amendment) Act, 1977;
“the Houses of the Oireachtas (Members) Pensions Scheme” means the Houses of the Oireachtas (Members) Pensions Scheme which was made under section 6A of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Act, 1938 (inserted by section 5 of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1960), and came into operation on the 1st day of December, 1960, as amended by the Houses of the Oireachtas (Members) Pensions (Amendment) Scheme, 1986 (S.I. No. 431 of 1986), the Houses of the Oireachtas (Members) Pensions (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme, 1986 (S.I. No. 432 of 1986) and the Houses of the Oireachtas (Members) Pensions (Amendment) Scheme, 1988 (S.I. No. 223 of 1988);
“Minister of State” means a person appointed under section 1 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1977, to be a Minister of State at a Department of State;
“the Principal Act” means the Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act, 1938.
Salary for members of Oireachtas.
2.—The allowance payable to each member of the Oireachtas under section 2 of the Act of 1938 shall be designated as an annual sum by way of salary and references to the said allowance in that Act or any other Act of the Oireachtas or in any instrument made under any Act of the Oireachtas shall be construed accordingly.
Allowances for expenses for members of Oireachtas.
3.—(1) There shall be paid to each member of the Oireachtas out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas an annual sum (referred to subsequently in this section as “an allowance”) in full settlement of expenses—
(a) which are not otherwise reimbursed, directly or indirectly, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, and
(b) which the member is obliged to incur—
(i) in the performance of his duties as a member of the Oireachtas, and
(ii) in case the member is also the holder of an office referred to in Part II of the Principal Act, in the performance of the duties of that office.
(2) An allowance shall be payable monthly in respect of periods for which the person concerned is paid an annual sum by way of salary under section 2 of the Act of 1938 (as amended by section 2 of this Act).
(3) An allowance shall not be taken into account for the purposes of calculating superannuation benefits or the allowances payable under section 5 of this Act or under Part V of the Principal Act (inserted by section 10 of this Act).
(4) The Minister for Finance may by regulations determine—
(a) the date from which an allowance is payable,
(b) the rate of an allowance payable to a member or members of Dáil Éireann,
(c) the rate of an allowance payable to a member or members of Seanad Éireann,
(d) any method of future revision of an allowance, and
(e) conditions governing payment of an allowance.
(5) 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.
Allowance payable under section 3 to be exempt from income tax.
4.—(1) An allowance payable under section 3 of this Act shall be exempt from income tax and shall not be reckoned in computing income for the purposes of the Income Tax Acts.
(2) The provisions of rules 3 and 4 of Schedule 2 to the Income Tax Act, 1967, shall not apply or have effect in relation to expenses in full settlement of which an allowance is payable under the said section 3 and no claim shall lie under those rules in respect of those expenses:
Provided that where a Minister of the Government, the Attorney General or a Minister of State, being—
(a) a member of Dáil Éireann for a constituency which is outside the county borough and the administrative county of Dublin, or
(b) a member of Seanad Éireann whose main residence is situated outside the said county borough and administrative county,
is, arising out of the performance of his duties as an office holder or as a member of the Oireachtas, obliged to maintain a second residence, in addition to his main residence, he shall be granted a deduction under the said rule 3 in respect of expenses incurred by him in maintaining that second residence.
Termination allowances for former members of Oireachtas.
5.—(1) A member of either House of the Oireachtas who ceases to be such a member may, on such cesser and subject to regulations made under this section, be granted an allowance, referred to subsequently in this section as “a termination allowance”, payable out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.
(2) The Minister for Finance may by regulations determine—
(a) the rate or rates of a termination allowance payable to a former member or members of Dáil Éireann,
(b) the rate or rates of a termination allowance payable to a former member or members of Seanad Éireann, and
(c) in respect of a former member or members of either House of the Oireachtas, such restrictions and conditions governing entitlement to and payment of a termination allowance as the Minister thinks fit.
(3) 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.
(4) This section shall come into operation on such day as the Minister for Finance may appoint by order, being a day not earlier than the passing of this Act.
Amendment of section 13 of Principal Act.
6.—Section 13 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion of the following definitions—
“‘the operative date’ means the first day on which a Taoiseach is elected by Dáil Éireann following the general election for DáilÉireann which next occurs after the passing of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1992;
‘pre-qualified person’ means a person to whom section 13A of this Act (inserted by the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1992) does not apply, and who, on or prior to the operative date, has completed not less than 3 years' service in a qualifying office or in a number of such offices.”.
Ministerial pensions and secretarial pensions.
7.—The Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion after section 13 of the following sections:
“Ministerial pensions and secretarial pensions.
13A.—(1) This section shall apply to—
(a) any person who, on the operative date—
(i) has not previously served in a qualifying office, or
(ii) has served in a qualifying office, or in a number of such offices, for less than 1,095 days,
(b) any person who—
(i) is on the operative date a member of either House of the Oireachtas or a representative in the European Parliament or is appointed as Attorney General on that date or who, on the last day on which Dáil Éireann met prior to that date—
(I) held a qualifying office, or
(II) was a member of Dáil Éireann and had previously held the office of Taoiseach,
and
(ii) on or prior to the operative date has completed not less than 1,095 days' service in a qualifying office, or in a number of such offices, and
(iii) not later than 3 months after the operative date—
(I) elects, in such a manner as the Minister for Finance may determine, that this section should apply in his case, or
(II) dies and has not so elected,
and
(c) any person, other than a person referred to in paragraph (b) of this subsection, who—
(i) prior to the operative date has completed not less than 1,095 days' service in a qualifying office, or in a number of such offices, and
(ii) after the operative date, becomes a member of either House of the Oireachtas or becomes a representative in the European Parliament or is appointed as Attorney General, and
(iii) who, not later than 3 months after the date on which he becomes a member of either such House or becomes a representative in the European Parliament or the date of such appointment, as appropriate—
(I) elects, in such a manner as the Minister for Finance may determine, that this section should apply in his case, or
(II) dies and has not so elected:
Provided that this section shall not apply to—
(a) a person who satisfies the conditions set out in subparagraphs (b) (i) and (b) (ii), or in subparagraphs (c) (i) and (c) (ii), of this subsection and who, within the period of 3 months referred to in subparagraph (b) (iii) or subparagraph (c) (iii) of this subsection, as appropriate, elects, in such a manner as the Minister for Finance shall determine, that this section should not apply in his case, or
(b) a deceased person referred to in subparagraph (b) (iii) (II) or subparagraph (c) (iii) (II) of this subsection, if the amount of a pension payable under section 20 of this Act to the widow or widower of that person would thereby be reduced.
(2) With effect from the operative date or, in the case of a person to whom this section applies by virtue of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this section, the date referred to in subparagraph (iii) of the said paragraph (c), sections 14, 16 and 17 of this Act shall cease to apply to any person to whom this section applies and any pension in payment to such person pursuant to the said sections 14, 16 and 17 shall be discontinued.
(3) Subject to subsection (7) of this section—
(a) a person to whom this section applies and who on ceasing to hold a qualifying office has completed not less than 3 years of ministerial service shall, on such cesser, be entitled to a ministerial pension, and
(b) any other person to whom this section applies and who on ceasing to hold a qualifying office has completed not less than 3 years of secretarial service shall, on such cesser, be entitled to a secretarial pension.
(4) For the purposes of this section—
(a) the number of years of a person's ministerial service shall be taken to be the result obtained by dividing by 365 the aggregate of—
(i) the number of days during which the person held a ministerial office,
and, if the number of such days is not less than 1,095,
(ii) half the number of days, if any, during which the person held a qualifying office other than a ministerial office,
(b) the number of years of a person's secretarial service shall be taken to be the result obtained by dividing by 365 the total number of days during which the person held a qualifying office:
Provided that any fraction of a year in the result obtained under paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection shall be disregarded.
(5) (a) A pension under this section shall be at the rate of 25 per cent. of the appropriate salary, plus 5 per cent. of the appropriate salary for each additional year of service in excess of 3 years, subject to a maximum of 7 such additional years.
(b) In this subsection ‘the appropriate salary’ means:
(i) as respects a ministerial pension—
(I) in case the person concerned has held the office of Taoiseach, the annual sum payable for the time being by way of salary to the Taoiseach,
(II) in case the person concerned has held the office of Tánaiste for a period of not less than 3 years, the annual sum payable for the time being by way of salary to the Tánaiste,
(III) in case the person concerned has held the office of Tánaiste for a period of less than 3 years, the amount arrived at by the formula
D _ T | × S1 + | (T−D) _____ T | × S2 |
where D is the number of days during which the person served as Tánaiste, T is the total number of days during which the person served in a ministerial office (subject to a maximum of 3,650 days), S1 is the annual sum payable for the time being by way of salary to the Tánaiste and S2 is the annual sum payable for the time being by way of salary to a member of the Government other than the Taoiseach or the Tánaiste,
(IV) in any other case, the annual sum payable for the time being by way of salary to a member of the Government other than the Taoiseach or the Tánaiste,
(ii) as respects a secretarial pension—
(I) in case the person concerned—
(A) held a ministerial office on or after the 1st day of January, 1978, or
(B) has served for not less than 3 years in a qualifying office, or in a number of such offices, other than an office which became a qualifying office by virtue of subsection 5 (1) of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices (Amendment) Act, 1983,
the annual sum payable for the time being by way of salary to the holder of the office of Minister of State,
(II) in any other case, the annual sum payable for the time being by way of salary in respect of the last qualifying office, other than a ministerial office, held by the person concerned.
(c) In this subsection ‘service’ means ministerial service in the case of a person who is entitled to a ministerial pension and secretarial service in the case of a person who is entitled to a secretarial pension.
(6) A person shall not be entitled to a pension under this section with effect from a date which is earlier than the operative date.
(7) (a) Where a person who is entitled to a pension under this section applies to the Minister for Finance therefor, such pension shall commence to be payable—
(i) in case he so applies not later than 6 months after the date on which he became so entitled, as and from that date, and
(ii) in any other case, as and from the date of his application.
(b) Subject to paragraphs (c) and (d) of this subsection, a person shall not be entitled to a pension under this section if—
(i) he is in receipt of a severance allowance under Part V of this Act, or
(ii) he has not attained the age of 55 years.
(c) Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of this subsection shall not apply to a person in respect of whom it is established to the satisfaction of the Minister for Finance that he is precluded from earning a livelihood by reason of permanent physical or mental disability.
(d) Notwithstanding the said subparagraph (ii), a person who has attained the age of 50 years and who, but for the said subparagraph (ii), would be entitled to a pension under this section may, on application to the Minister for Finance therefor, be paid such pension—
(i) in case he applies not later than 6 months after the date on which, but for the said subparagraph (ii), he would have been entitled to such pension, as and from that date, and
(ii) in any other case, as and from the date of his application,
but such pension (referred to subsequently in this section as ‘a discounted pension’) shall be reduced by such amount as, having regard to the person's age on the date on which the pension commences to be paid, shall be prescribed by regulations made from time to time by the Minister for Finance.
(e) Where a discounted pension is paid to a person, and such pension ceases to be payable pursuant to subsection (1) of section 23 of this Act, then, if the person concerned subsequently becomes entitled to a pension under this section, the provisions of paragraph (d) of this subsection shall continue to apply in respect of that portion of the pension which relates to service given prior to his application to the Minister for Finance under the said paragraph (d).
(f) Subject to subsection (8) of this section, the amount of a pension or a discounted pension under this section shall be reduced by 50 per cent. during any period during which the person to whom it is payable is a member of either House of the Oireachtas or a representative in the European Parliament.
(8) Subsection (7) (f) of this section shall not apply to a person who has held the office of Taoiseach.
Special pension arrangements for pre-qualified persons.
13B.—(1) This section applies to any person who is a pre-qualified person and who holds a qualifying office on or after the operative date.
(2) As and from the operative date, section 14 or section 16 of this Act, as appropriate, shall not apply to a person to whom this section applies in respect of service given by him after that date.
(3) In this section, ‘original pension’, in relation to a person to whom this section applies, means the pension to which that person was entitled under section 14 or section 16 of this Act, as appropriate, on the operative date, or, if the person held a qualifying office on that date, the pension to which he would have been so entitled if he had ceased to hold office on that date.
(4) Subject to subsection (7) of this section, a person to whom this section applies who ceases to hold a qualifying office after the operative date shall be entitled to receive, in addition to his original pension, a further pension (referred to subsequently in this section as ‘a supplementary pension’).
(5) (a) The amount of a supplementary pension shall be—
(i) in the case of a person whose original pension is a ministerial pension, 5 per cent. of the appropriate salary (within the meaning of section 13A of this Act) multiplied by the number of relevant years,
(ii) in the case of a person whose original pension is a secretarial pension and who on ceasing to hold a qualifying office after the operative date would, but for subsection (2) of this section, have been entitled to a ministerial pension under section 14 of this Act, an amount equal to the difference between—
(A) the amount of the ministerial pension which would then be payable to the person if such pension was calculated in accordance with subsections (4) and (5) of section 13A of this Act, and
(B) the amount of the person's original pension,
(iii) in the case of a person, other than a person referred to in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, whose original pension is a secretarial pension, 5 per cent. of the appropriate salary (within the meaning aforesaid) multiplied by the number of relevant years.
(b) The number of relevant years for the purposes of paragraph (a) of this subsection shall be taken to be—
(i) in the case of a person to whom subparagraph (i) of the said paragraph (a) applies, the result obtained by dividing by 365 the aggregate of:
(A) the number of days, if any, during which such person held a ministerial office after the operative date, and
(B) one-half of the number of days, if any, during which such person held a secretarial office after the operative date, and
(C) the number of days, if any, of such person's pensionable service (within the meaning of section 14 of this Act) which were, or would have been, disregarded in the calculation of such person's original pension,
(ii) in the case of a person to whom subparagraph (iii) of the said paragraph (a) applies, the result obtained by dividing by 365 the aggregate of:
(A) the number of days during which such person held a qualifying office after the operative date, and
(B) the number of days, if any, of such person's pensionable service (within the meaning of section 16 of this Act) which were, or would have been, disregarded in the calculation of such person's original pension:
Provided that—
(I) any fraction of a year in either of the results aforesaid shall be disregarded, and
(II) in any case where the aggregate of the number of relevant years as defined above and the number of years of pensionable service which were or would have been reckoned in the calculation of the original pension of the person concerned exceeds 10, the number of relevant years shall be taken to be the result obtained by subtracting from 10 the number of such years of pensionable service.
(6) As and from the operative date, section 17 of this Act shall, in the case of a person to whom this section applies, apply only in respect of that person's original pension.
(7) Subsections (7) and (8) of section 13A of this Act shall apply in respect of a supplementary pension as if such supplementary pension were a pension under the said section 13A.”.
Pensions for widowers of deceased office holders.
8.—The provisions of the Act of 1952 and of section 20 of the Principal Act shall apply to widowers of deceased holders of qualifying offices (within the meaning of Part IV of the Principal Act) and the provisions of the said section 20 shall apply to the children of all such holders and, accordingly—
(a) references in the Act of 1952 and in the said section 20 to a widow, a widow's pension and a mother, shall be construed as including references to a widower, a widower's pension and a father, respectively,
(b) the reference in section 21 (4) of the Principal Act to widows' pensions shall be construed as including a reference to widowers' pensions, and
(c) the reference in section 10 (2) of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1968, to a widow's pension shall be construed as including a reference to a widower's pension.
Restrictions of sections 13A and 13B of Principal Act.
9.—Where a widow's pension or a widower's pension is payable under section 20 of the Principal Act or under the Act of 1952 in respect of a deceased person who has held a qualifying office—
(a) the amount of such pension shall be calculated as if paragraphs (b) and (f) of subsection (7) of section 13A of the Principal Act (inserted by section 7 of this Act) or, where appropriate, subsection (7) of section 13B (inserted by the said section 7) of the Principal Act did not apply in the case of the said deceased person, and
(b) if the said deceased person held a qualifying office before the operative date as defined in section 13 of the Principal Act (amended by section 6 of this Act), the amount of such pension shall not in any case be less than the pension which would have been payable if—
(i) the said deceased person had served for less than 1,095 days in a qualifying office other than a ministerial office (within the meaning of Part IV of the Principal Act), and
(ii) the said section 13A did not apply in the case of the said deceased person.
Amendment of Principal Act (new Part).
10.—The Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion after section 24 of the following Part:
“PART V
Severance payments to former holders of certain Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices
Definitions for the purposes of Part V.
25.—In this Part ‘operative date’, ‘pre-qualified person’ and ‘qualifying office’ have the meanings assigned to them by Part IV of this Act.
Entitlement to severance allowance.
26.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Part, a person who ceases to hold a qualifying office on or after the operative date and who is not immediately appointed to another such office shall, if he is not a pre-qualified person, be entitled to a payment referred to subsequently in this Part as ‘a severance allowance’.
(2) If a person who holds a qualifying office on the dissolution of Dáil Éireann next before the operative date ceases to hold the said office prior to the operative date and is not paid a pension under Part IV of this Act in respect of the period between such cesser and the operative date, then, for the purposes of this Part, such cesser shall be deemed to have occurred on the operative date.
Certain persons ineligible for severance allowance.
27.—A person who ceases to hold a qualifying office in order to take up a position to which he is appointed by the Government, or for which he is nominated by the Government for appointment, shall not be entitled to a severance allowance on foot of such cesser.
Commencement and cesser of severance allowance.
28.—Subject to section 30 of this Act, a person's entitlement to a severance allowance shall commence on the day following his cesser of office, and shall cease on the expiry of a period equal to the lesser of—
(a) the period during which, immediately prior to such cesser, he has served in a qualifying office or offices without a break in such service, or
(b) a period of 2 years,
or, if earlier, on his appointment to a qualifying office or on his appointment to a position referred to in section 27 of this Act:
Provided that a person may at any time apply in writing to the Minister for Finance for the cesser of the severance allowance payable to him, and if he so applies, his entitlement to such allowance shall cease with effect from such date as is specified in the application.
Annual rate of severance allowance.
29.—(1) The annual rate of a severance allowance shall be—
(a) if the period during which the allowance is payable is not more than 6 months in duration, 75 per cent. of the relevant salary,
(b) if the period during which the allowance is payable is more than 6 months and not more than 18 months in duration, 75 per cent. of the relevant salary for the first 6 months and 50 per cent. of the relevant salary for the remainder of that period, or
(c) if the period during which the allowance is payable is more than 18 months in duration, 75 per cent. of the relevant salary for the first 6 months and 50 per cent. of the relevant salary for the next 12 months and 25 per cent. of the relevant salary for the remainder of that period.
(2) In subsection (1) of this section ‘the relevant salary’ means—
(a) if throughout the relevant period the person held the same qualifying office or a number of qualifying offices to which the same rate of salary was applicable, the salary for the time being appropriate to the office which the person held on the last day of such period, and
(b) in any other case, the aggregate of the amounts obtained by the formula—
S×D _____ P |
in respect of each qualifying office held by the person during the relevant period, where S is the salary for the time being appropriate to such office, D is the number of days during which such office was so held and P is the total number of days in the relevant period, subject to a maximum of 730:
Provided that, where a person has held the office of Attorney General at any time during the relevant period, the relevant salary in the case of such person shall be calculated as if the salary for the time being appropriate to the office of Attorney General was the annual sum payable for the time being by way of salary to a member of the Government other than the Taoiseach or the Tánaiste.
(3) In subsection (2) of this section ‘the relevant period’ means the period referred to in paragraph (a) of section 28 of this Act or, in case such period exceeds 2 years in duration, the final 2 years of such period.
Recalculation or resumption of severance allowance in certain circumstances.
30.—(1) Where a person is entitled to a severance allowance in respect of a period of service in a qualifying office (referred to subsequently in this section as ‘the first term’), and that entitlement ceases on his appointment to a qualifying office for a further period (referred to subsequently in this section as ‘the second term’), he may, on the expiry of the second term, apply in writing to the Minister for Finance that his entitlement to a severance allowance in respect of the second term should be calculated as if the first and second terms had constituted an unbroken period of service, and if he so applies, his entitlement shall be so calculated, subject to an appropriate reduction in that entitlement, which reduction shall be prescribed by regulations made by the Minister for Finance, having regard to the amount of the severance allowance paid to him in respect of the first term.
(2) If a person referred to in subsection (1) of this section does not make the application provided for in the said subsection (1), and the severance allowance payable to him in respect of the second term ceases to be paid on a date which is earlier than the date on which his entitlement to a severance allowance in respect of the first term would have ceased if he had not been appointed to a qualifying office for the second term, his severance allowance in respect of the first term shall be resumed with effect from the first day following the cesser of his severance allowance in respect of the second term, and shall be paid for such further period, and at such rate, as would have applied on the said first day if his entitlement in respect of the first term had not previously ceased.
Special allowance for former Taoisigh.
31.—(1) Where a person who has held the office of Taoiseach for a period of not less than 1 year is entitled to a severance allowance under this Part and his entitlement to such allowance ceases otherwise than on his appointment to a qualifying office, and
(a) he has not then attained the age of 55 years, and
(b) he has not applied for a discounted pension,such person shall thereupon become entitled to an allowance (referred to subsequently in this Part as ‘a special allowance’) at the rate of 25 per cent. of the annual sum payable for the time being by way of salary to the Taoiseach.
(2) A special allowance under this section shall cease to be payable if the person concerned—
(a) is appointed to a qualifying office, or
(b) becomes entitled to a pension under Part IV of this Act, or
(c) applies for a discounted pension under Part IV of this Act.
Payment of allowances under Part V out of Central Fund.
32.—Every allowance payable under this Part of this Act shall be granted by the Minister for Finance and shall be charged upon and payable out of the Central Fund or the growing produce thereof.”.
Amendment of Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Act, 1962.
11.—(1) The Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Act, 1962, is hereby amended by the substitution for section 2 of the following section:
“Telephone and postal facilities.
2.—(1) The following facilities shall, subject to such exceptions, restrictions and conditions as may be provided for by regulations, be granted to a member of Dáil Éireann or Seanad Éireann:
(a) free telephone calls from Leinster House, and
(b) free postal facilities arising out of the member's parliamentary duties.
(2) A contribution towards the cost of telephone calls made by a member of Dáil Éireann or Seanad Éireann otherwise than from Leinster House shall, subject to such exceptions, restrictions and conditions as may be provided for by regulations, be granted to that member.
(3) In this section ‘Leinster House’ includes any office premises provided by the State in the vicinity of Leinster House for use by members of Dáil Éireann or Seanad Éireann.
(4) Subsection (2) of this section shall come into operation on such day as the Minister for Finance may appoint by order, being a day not earlier than the passing of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1992.”.
(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 25th day of December, 1962.
Amendment of section 4 of Act of 1938.
12.—(1) Section 4 of the Act of 1938, as amended by the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1964, is hereby amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (2):
“(2A) Notwithstanding anything contained in subsections (1) and (2) of this section, where on or after the 24th day of August, 1990, a member of either House is required, in connection with his parliamentary duties, to make a journey to Dublin from a place outside the State, in circumstances in which the Minister is satisfied that the necessity to make the journey in question could not reasonably have been foreseen by the member concerned, and the member thereby incurs travel expenses which are not recoupable from any other source, he may be granted travelling facilities in respect of that journey.”.
(2) Subsection (4) of section 4 of the Act of 1938 shall not have effect in relation to a claim made by a member in respect of a journey to which subsection (2A) (inserted by this Act) of the said section 4 applies, if such journey was made before the passing of this Act.
Clarification of section 19 (3) of Principal Act.
13.—(1) For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that the reference in subsection (3) of section 19 of the Principal Act to “a pension or allowance” shall not be construed as a reference to any payment under the Houses of the Oireachtas (Members) Pensions Scheme.
(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 1st day of December, 1960.
Amendment of section 4 of European Assembly (Irish Representatives) Act, 1979.
14.—(1) Section 4 of the European Assembly (Irish Representatives) Act, 1979, is hereby amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (4):
“(5) In this section ‘pensions’ means pensions, gratuities and other allowances on death or on ceasing otherwise to hold office as a representative in the European Parliament.”.
(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 1st day of September, 1983.
Repeal.
15.—(1) Subsection (4) (inserted by section 6 (b) of the Act of 1977) of section 3 of the Principal Act is hereby repealed.
(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 18th day of March, 1980.
Short title and collective citation.
16.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1992.
(2) The Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Acts, 1938 to 1983, and sections 2 to 5 and 11 and 12 of this Act, and this subsection, may be cited together as the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Acts 1938 to 1992.
(3) The Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Acts, 1938 to 1983, and this Act, in so far as it amends those Acts, may be cited together as the Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Acts, 1938 to 1992.
Uimhir 3 de 1992
AN tACHT UM AN OIREACHTAS (LIÚNTAIS DO CHOMHALTAÍ) AGUS OIFIGÍ AIREACHTA AGUS PARLAIMINTE (LEASÚ), 1992
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4. | Liúntas is iníoctha faoi alt 3 a bheith díolmhaithe ó cháin ioncaim. |
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11. | Leasú ar an Acht um an Oireachtas (Liúntais do Chomhaltaí), 1962. |
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14. | Leasú ar alt 4 den Acht um Thionól na hEorpa (Ionadaithe na hÉireann), 1979. |
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Na hAchtanna dá dTagraítear | |
An tAcht um Thionól na hEorpa (Ionadaithe na hÉireann), 1979 | |
An tAcht um an Oireachtas (Liúntais do Chomhaltaí) agus Oifigí Aireachta agus Parlaiminte (Leasú), 1960 | |
An tAcht um an Oireachtas (Liúntais do Chomhaltaí) agus Oifigí Aireachta agus Parlaiminte (Leasú), 1964 | |
An tAcht um an Oireachtas (Liúntais do Chomhaltaí) agus Oifigí Aireachta agus Parlaiminte (Leasú), 1968 | |
An tAcht um an Oireachtas (Liúntais do Chomhaltaí) agus Oifigí Aireachta, Parlaiminte agus Breithiúnacha (Leasú), 1983 | |
Uimhir 3 de 1992
AN tACHT UM AN OIREACHTAS (LIÚNTAIS DO CHOMHALTAÍ) AGUS OIFIGÍ AIREACHTA AGUS PARLAIMINTE (LEASÚ), 1992
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ACHT DO LEASÚ AGUS DO LEATHNÚ NA nACHTANNA UM AN OIREACHTAS (LIÚNTAIS DO CHOMHALTAÍ), 1938 GO 1983, NA nACHTANNA UM OIFIGÍ AIREACHTA AGUS PARLAIMINTE, 1938 GO 1983 AGUS ALT 4 DEN ACHT UM THIONÓL NA hEORPA (IONADAITHE NA hÉIREANN), 1979. [18 Márta, 1992]
ACHTAÍTEAR AG AN OIREACHTAS MAR A LEANAS:
Mínithe.
1.—San Acht seo—
ciallaíonn “Acht 1938” Acht an Oireachtais (Liúntaisí do Chomhaltaí), 1938;
ciallaíonn “Acht 1952” an tAcht um Oifigí Aireachta agus Parlaiminte (Leasú), 1952;
ciallaíonn “Acht 1977” an tAcht um an Oireachtas (Liúntais do Chomhaltaí) agus Oifigí Aireachta, Parlaiminte agus Breithiúnacha (Leasú), 1977;
ciallaíonn “Scéim Pinsean Thithe an Oireachtais (Comhaltaí)” Scéim Pinsean Thithe an Oireachtais (Comhaltaí) a rinneadh faoi alt 6A d'Acht an Oireachtais (Liúntaisí do Chomhaltaí), 1938 (a cuireadh isteach le halt 5 den Acht um an Oireachtas (Liúntais do Chomhaltaí) agus Oifigí Aireachta agus Parlaiminte (Leasú), 1960), agus a tháinig i ngníomh an 1ú lá de Nollaig, 1960, arna leasú le Scéim Pinsean Thithe an Oireachtais (Comhaltaí) (Leasú), 1986 (I.R. Uimh. 431 de 1986), Scéim Pinsean Thithe an Oireachtais (Comhaltaí) (Leasú) (Uimh. 2), 1986 (I.R. Uimh. 432 de 1986) agus Scéim Pinsean Thithe an Oireachtais (Comhaltaí) (Leasú), 1988 (I.R. Uimh. 223 de 1988);
ciallaíonn “Aire Stáit” duine a cheaptar faoi alt 1 den Acht Airí agus Rúnaithe (Leasú) (Uimh. 2), 1977, chun bheith ina Aire Stáit ag Roinn Stáit;
ciallaíonn “an Príomh-Acht” an tAcht um Oifigí Aireachta agus Páirliminte, 1938.
Tuarastal do chomhaltaí den Oireachtas.
2.—Déanfar suim bhliantúil ar mhodh tuarastail a thabhairt ar an liúntas is iníoctha le gach comhalta den Oireachtas faoi alt 2 d'Acht 1938 agus déanfar tagairtí don liúntas sin san Acht sin nó in aon Acht eile den Oireachtas nó in aon ionstraim arna déanamh faoi aon Acht den Oireachtas a fhorléiriú dá réir sin.
Liúntais i leith caiteachas do chomhaltaí den Oireachtas.
3.—(1) Íocfar le gach comhalta den Oireachtas as airgead a sholáthróidh an tOireachtas suim bhliantúil (dá ngairtear “liúntas” ina dhiaidh seo san alt seo) mar lánsocrú ar chaiteachais—
(a) nach n-aisíoctar thairis sin, go díreach nó go neamhdhíreach, as airgead a sholáthróidh an tOireachtas, agus
(b) a bhfuil oibleagáid ar an gcomhalta iad a thabhú—
(i) i gcomhlíonadh a dhualgas mar chomhalta den Oireachtas, agus
(ii) i gcás inar sealbhóir an comhalta ar oifig dá dtagraítear i gCuid II den Phríomh-Acht, i gcomhlíonadh dhualgais na hoifige sin.
(2) Beidh liúntas iníoctha go míosúil i leith tréimhsí ar ina n-aghaidh a íoctar suim bhliantúil ar mhodh tuarastail leis an duine lena mbaineann faoi alt 2 d'Acht 1938 (arna leasú le halt 2 den Acht seo).
(3) Ní chuirfear liúntas i gcuntas chun sochair aoisliúntais nó na liúntais is iníoctha faoi alt 5 den Acht seo nó faoi Chuid V den Phríomh-Acht (a chuirtear isteach le halt 10 den Acht seo) a ríomh.
(4) Féadfaidh an tAire Airgeadais, le rialacháin, na nithe seo a leanas a chinneadh—
(a) an dáta óna mbeidh liúntas iníoctha,
(b) ráta liúntais is iníoctha le comhalta nó comhaltaí de Dháil Éireann,
(c) ráta liúntais is iníoctha le comhalta nó comhaltaí de Sheanad Éireann,
(d) aon mhodh chun liúntas a athbhreithniú amach anseo, agus
(e) coinníollacha lena rialófar íocaíocht liúntais.
(5) Déanfar gach rialachán arna dhéanamh faoin alt seo a leagan faoi bhráid gach Tí den Oireachtas a luaithe is féidir tar éis a dhéanta agus má dhéanann ceachtar Teach acu sin, laistigh den 21 lá a shuífidh an Teach sin tar éis an rialachán a leagan faoina bhráid, rún a rith ag neamhniú an rialacháin, beidh an rialachán ar neamhní dá réir sin, ach sin gan dochar do bhailíocht aon ní a rinneadh roimhe sin faoin rialachán.
Liúntas is iníoctha faoi alt 3 a bheith díolmhaithe ó cháin ioncaim.
4.—(1) Beidh liúntas is iníoctha faoi alt 3 den Acht seo díolmhaithe ó cháin ioncaim agus ní áireofar é le linn ioncam a ríomh chun críocha na nAchtanna Cánach Ioncaim.
(2) Ní bheidh feidhm ag forálacha rialacha 3 agus 4 de Sceideal 2 a ghabhann leis an Acht Cánach Ioncaim, 1967, nó ní bheidh éifeacht leo i ndáil le caiteachais a bhfuil liúntas iníoctha faoin alt sin 3 mar lánsocrú orthu agus ní bheidh aon ábhar éilimh ann faoi na rialacha sin i leith na gcaiteachas sin:
Ar choinníoll, maidir le hAire den Rialtas, leis an Ard-Aighne nó le hAire Stáit—
(a) is comhalta de Dháil Éireann do dháilcheantar atá lasmuigh de chontaebhuirg agus de chontae riaracháin Bhaile Átha Cliath, nó
(b) is comhalta de Sheanad Éireann agus a bhfuil a phríomh-áit chónaithe lasmuigh den chontaebhuirg agus den chontae riaracháin sin,
más rud é go bhfuil oibleagáid air, de dhroim a dhualgais a chomhlíonadh mar shealbhóir oifige nó mar chomhalta den Oireachtas, dara háit chónaithe, de bhreis ar a phríomh-áit chónaithe, a chothabháil, go ndeonófar asbhaint dó faoin riail sin 3 i leith caiteachas a thabhóidh sé ar chothabháil an dara háit chónaithe sin.
Liúntais foirceanta d'iarchomhaltaí den Oireachtas.
5.—(1) Comhalta de cheachtar Teach den Oireachtas a scoirfidh de bheith ina chomhalta den sórt sin, féadfar, ar an scor sin agus faoi réir rialachán arna ndéanamh faoin alt seo, liúntas a dheonú dó, dá ngairtear “liúntas foirceanta” ina dhiaidh seo san alt seo agus is iníoctha as airgead a sholáthróidh an tOireachtas.
(2) Féadfaidh an tAire Airgeadais, le rialacháin, na nithe seo a leanas a chinneadh—
(a) ráta nó rátaí liúntais foirceanta is iníoctha le hiarchomhalta nó le hiarchomhaltaí de Dháil Éireann,
(b) ráta nó rátaí liúntais foirceanta is iníoctha le hiarchomhalta nó le hiarchomhaltaí de Sheanad Éireann, agus
(c) i leith iarchomhalta nó iarchomhaltaí de cheachtar Teach den Oireachtas, cibé srianta agus coinníollacha is cuí leis an Aire lena rialófar teideal chun liúntas foirceanta agus íocaíocht foirceanta a fháil.
(3) Déanfar gach rialachán arna dhéanamh faoin alt seo a leagan faoi bhráid gach Tí den Oireachtas a luaithe is féidir tar éis a dhéanta agus má dhéanann ceachtar Teach acu sin, laistigh den 21 lá a shuífidh an Teach sin tar éis an rialachán a leagan faoina bhráid, rún a rith ag neamhniú an rialacháin, beidh an rialachán ar neamhní dá réir sin, ach sin gan dochar do bhailíocht aon ní a rinneadh roimhe sin faoin rialachán.
(4) Tiocfaidh an t-alt seo i ngníomh cibé lá a cheapfaidh an tAire Airgeadais le hordú, ar lá é nach luaithe ná dáta rite an Achta seo.
Leasú ar alt 13 den Phríomh-Acht.
6.—Leasaítear leis seo alt 13 den Phríomh-Acht trí na mínithe seo a leanas a chur isteach—
“ciallaíonn ‘an dáta feidhme’ an chéad lá a thoghfaidh Dáil Éireann Taoiseach tar éis an olltoghcháin do Dháil Éireann is túisce a tharlóidh tar éis an tAcht um an Oireachtas (Liúntais do Chomhaltaí) agus Oifigí Aireachta agus Parlaiminte (Leasú), 1992, a rith;
ciallaíonn ‘duine réamhcháilithe’ duine nach bhfuil feidhm ag alt 13A den Acht seo (a cuireadh isteach leis an Acht um an Oireachtas (Liúntais do Chomhaltaí) agus Oifigí Aireachta agus Parlaiminte (Leasú), 1992) maidir leis, agus a bhfuil, ar an dáta feidhme nó roimhe, 3 bliana seirbhíse ar a laghad tugtha aige in oifig cháilitheach nó i roinnt oifigí den sórt sin.”.
Pinsin aireachta agus pinsin rúnaí.
7.—Leasaítear leis seo an Príomh-Acht trí na hailt seo a leanas a chur isteach i ndiaidh alt 13:
“Pinsin aireachta agus pinsin rúnaí. | 13A.—(1) Beidh feidhm ag an alt seo— (a) maidir le haon duine ar duine é, ar an dáta feidhme— (i) nach bhfuil seirbhís tugtha aige roimhe sin in oifig cháilitheach, nó (ii) a bhfuil seirbhís tugtha aige in oifig cháilitheach, nó i roinnt oifigí den sórt sin, ar feadh tréimhse is giorra ná 1,095 lá, (b) maidir le haon duine— (i) is comhalta de cheachtar Teach den Oireachtas nó is ionadaí i bParlaimint na hEorpa ar an dáta feidhme nó a cheaptar ina Ard-Aighne ar an dáta sin nó, ar an lá deireanach ar tháinig Dáil Éireann le chéile roimh an dáta sin— (I) a shealbhaigh oifig cháilitheach, nó (II) ba chomhalta de Dháil Éireann agus a shealbhaigh oifig an Taoisigh roimhe sin, agus (ii) a bhfuil, ar an dáta feidhme nó roimhe, 1,095 lá seirbhíse ar a laghad tugtha aige in oifig cháilitheach, nó i roinnt oifigí den sórt sin, agus (iii) tráth nach déanaí ná 3 mhí tar éis an dáta feidhme— (I) a roghnóidh, ar cibé modh a chinnfidh an tAire Airgeadais, go mbeidh feidhm ag an alt seo ina chás, nó (II) a gheobhaidh bás agus nach bhfuil roghnaithe aige amhlaidh, agus (c) maidir le haon duine, seachas duine dá dtagraítear i mír (b) den fho-alt seo— (i) a bhfuil, roimh an dáta feidhme, 1,095 lá seirbhíse ar a laghad tugtha aige in oifig cháilitheach, nó i roinnt oifigí den sórt sin, agus (ii) a thagann, tar éis an dáta feidhme, chun bheith ina chomhalta de cheachtar Teach den Oireachtas nó chun bheith ina ionadaí i bParlaimint na hEorpa nó a cheaptar ina Ard-Aighne tar éis an dáta sin, agus (iii) tráth nach déanaí ná 3 mhí tar éis an dáta a thagann sé chun bheith ina chomhalta de cheachtar Teach acu sin nó chun bheith ina ionadaí i bParlaimint na hEorpa nó tar éis dháta an cheapacháin sin, de réir mar is cuí— (I) a roghnóidh, ar cibé modh a chinnfidh an tAire Airgeadais, go mbeidh feidhm ag an alt seo ina chás, nó (II) a gheobhaidh bás agus nach bhfuil roghnaithe aige amhlaidh: Ar choinníoll nach mbeidh feidhm ag an alt seo— (a) maidir le duine a chomhlíonfaidh na coinníollacha atá leagtha amach i bhfomhíreanna (b) (i) agus (b) (ii), nó i bhfomhíreanna (c) (i) agus (c) (ii), den fho-alt seo agus a roghnóidh, ar cibé modh a chinnfidh an tAire Airgeadais, laistigh den tréimhse 3 mhí dá dtagraítear i bhfomhír (b) (iii) nó i bhfomhír (c) (iii) den fho-alt seo, de réir mar is cuí, nach mbeidh feidhm ag an alt seo ina chás, nó (b) maidir le duine éagtha dá dtagraítear i bhfomhír (b) (iii) (II) nó i bhfomhír (c) (iii) (II) den fho-alt seo, dá laghdófaí dá chionn sin méid pinsin is iníoctha faoi alt 20 den Acht seo le baintreach nó le baintreach fir an duine sin. (2) Le héifeacht ón dáta feidhme nó, i gcás duine lena mbaineann an t-alt seo de bhua mhír (c) d'fho-alt (1) den alt seo, ón dáta dá dtagraítear i bhfomhír (iii) den mhír sin (c), scoirfidh ailt 14, 16 agus 17 den Acht seo d'fheidhm a bheith acu maidir le haon duine lena mbaineann an t-alt seo agus ní leanfar d'aon phinsean a bheidh á íoc le duine den sórt sin de bhun na n-alt sin 14, 16 agus 17. (3) Faoi réir fho-alt (7) den alt seo— (a) aon duine lena mbaineann an t-alt seo agus, ar é do scor d'oifig cháilitheach a shealbhú, a mbeidh 3 bliana ar a laghad de sheirbhís aireachta tugtha aige, beidh sé, ar an scor sin, i dteideal pinsin aireachta, agus (b) aon duine eile lena mbaineann an t-alt seo agus, ar é do scor d'oifig cháilitheach a shealbhú, a mbeidh 3 bliana ar a laghad de sheirbhís rúnaíochta tugtha aige, beidh sé, ar an scor sin, i dteideal pinsin rúnaí. (4) Chun críocha an ailt seo— (a) glacfar leis gurb é an líon blianta atá i seirbhís aireachta duine an toradh a fhaightear trí chomhiomlán na méideanna seo a leanas a roinnt ar 365— (i) an líon laethanta ar shealbhaigh an duine oifig aireachta lena linn, agus, mura lú ná 1,095 lá an líon laethanta den sórt sin, (ii) leath an lín laethanta, más ann, ar shealbhaigh an duine oifig cháilitheach seachas oifig aireachta lena linn, (b) glacfar leis gurb é an líon blianta a bheidh i seirbhís rúnaíochta duine an toradh a fhaightear tríd an líon iomlán laethanta ar shealbhaigh an duine oifig cháilitheach lena linn a roinnt ar 365: Ar choinníoll go dtabharfar neamhaird ar aon chodán de bhliain sa toradh a fhaightear faoi mhír (a) nó (b) den fho-alt seo. (5) (a) Beidh pinsean faoin alt seo de réir ráta 25 faoin gcéad den tuarastal cuí, móide 5 faoin gcéad den tuarastal cuí i leith gach bliana seirbhíse breise de bhreis ar 3 bliana, faoi réir uasmhéid 7 mbliana breise den sórt sin. (b) San fho-alt seo ciallaíonn ‘an tuarastal cuí’: (i) maidir le pinsean aireachta— (I) más rud é gur shealbhaigh an duine lena mbaineann oifig an Taoisigh, an tsuim bhliantúil is iníoctha de thuras na huaire ar mhodh tuarastail leis an Taoiseach, (II) más rud é gur shealbhaigh an duine lena mbaineann oifig an Tánaiste ar feadh tréimhse nach lú ná 3 bliana, an tsuim bhliantúil is iníoctha de thuras na huaire ar mhodh tuarastail leis an Tánaiste, (III) más rud é gur shealbhaigh an duine lena mbaineann oifig an Tánaiste ar feadh tréimhse is lú ná 3 bliana, an méid a fhaightear de réir na foirmle |
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i gcás gurb é D an líon laethanta ar thug an duine seirbhís mar Thánaiste lena linn, gurb é T an líon iomlán laethanta ar thug an duine seirbhís in oifig aireachta lena linn (faoi réir uasmhéid 3,650 lá), gurb é S1 an tsuim bhliantúil is iníoctha de thuras na huaire ar mhodh tuarastail leis an Tánaiste agus gurb é S2 an tsuim bhliantúil is iníoctha de thuras na huaire ar mhodh tuarastail le comhalta den Rialtas seachas an Taoiseach nó an Tánaiste, (IV) in aon chás eile, an tsuim bhliantúil is iníoctha de thuras na huaire ar mhodh tuarastail le comhalta den Rialtas seachas an Taoiseach nó an Tánaiste, (ii) maidir le pinsean rúnaí— (I) más rud é— (A) gur shealbhaigh an duine lena mbaineann oifig aireachta an 1ú lá d'Eanáir, 1978, nó dá éis, nó (B) go bhfuil an duine lena mbaineann tar éis seirbhís nach lú ná 3 bliana a thabhairt in oifig cháilitheach, nó i roinnt oifigí den sórt sin, seachas oifig a tháinig chun bheith ina hoifig cháilitheach de bhua fho-alt 5 (1) den Acht um an Oireachtas (Liúntais do Chomhaltaí) agus Oifigí Aireachta, Parlaiminte agus Breithiúnacha (Leasú), 1983, an tsuim bhliantúil is iníoctha de thuras na huaire ar mhodh tuarastail le sealbhóir ar oifig Aire Stáit, (II) in aon chás eile, an tsuim bhliantúil is iníoctha de thuras na huaire ar mhodh tuarastail i leith na hoifige cáilithí deireanaí, seachas oifig aireachta, a shealbhaigh an duine lena mbaineann. (c) San fho-alt seo ciallaíonn ‘seirbhís’ seirbhís aireachta i gcás duine atá i dteideal pinsin aireachta agus seirbhís rúnaíochta i gcás duine atá i dteideal pinsin rúnaí. (6) Ní bheidh duine i dteideal pinsin faoin alt seo le héifeacht ó dháta is luaithe ná an dáta feidhme. (7) (a) I gcás ina ndéanfaidh duine atá i dteideal pinsin faoin alt seo iarratas chun an Aire Airgeadais ar an bpinsean sin, tosóidh an pinsean sin chun a bheith iníoctha— (i) i gcás ina ndéanfaidh sé iarratas amhlaidh tráth nach déanaí ná 6 mhí tar éis an dáta a tháinig sé chun bheith ina theideal amhlaidh, amhail ar an agus ón dáta sin, agus (ii) in aon chás eile, amhail ar agus ó dháta a iarratais. (b) Faoi réir mhíreanna (c) agus (d) den fho-alt seo, ní bheidh duine i dteideal pinsin faoin alt seo más rud é— (i) go bhfuil liúntas téarfa faoi Chuid V den Acht seo á fháil aige, nó (ii) nach bhfuil 55 bliana d'aois slánaithe aige. (c) Ní bheidh feidhm ag fomhír (ii) de mhír (b) den fho-alt seo maidir le duine a suitear ina leith chun sástacht an Aire Airgeadais go bhfuil cosc air slí bheatha a thuilleamh mar gheall ar mhíchumas buan coirp nó meabhrach. (d) D'ainneoin na fomhíre sin (ii), maidir le duine a bhfuil 50 bliain d'aois slánaithe aige agus a bheadh i dteideal pinsin faoin alt seo murach an fhomhír sin (ii), féadfar, ar iarratas a dhéanamh ar an bpinsean sin chun an Aire Airgeadais, pinsean a íoc leis— (i) i gcás ina ndéanfaidh sé iarratas tráth nach déanaí ná 6 mhí tar éis an dáta a mbeadh sé i dteideal an phinsin sin, murach an fhomhír sin (ii), amhail ar an agus ón dáta sin, agus (ii) in aon chás eile, amhail ar agus ó dháta a iarratais, ach laghdófar an pinsean sin (dá ngairtear ‘pinsean lascainithe’ ina dhiaidh seo san alt seo) cibé méid a fhorordófar le rialacháin a dhéanfaidh an tAire Airgeadais ó am go ham, ag féachaint d'aois an duine ar an dáta a thosaítear ar an bpinsean a íoc. (e) I gcás ina n-íocfar pinsean lascainithe le duine, agus go scoirfidh an pinsean sin de bheith iníoctha de bhun fho-alt (1) d'alt 23 den Acht seo, ansin, má thagann an duine lena mbaineann chun bheith i dteideal pinsin faoin alt seo ina dhiaidh sin, leanfaidh forálacha mhír (d) den fho-alt seo d'fheidhm a bheith acu i leith an chuid sin den phinsean a bhaineann le seirbhís a tugadh sula ndearna sé iarratas chun an Aire Airgeadais faoin mír sin (d). (f) Faoi réir fho-alt (8) den alt seo, déanfar méid pinsin nó pinsin lascainithe faoin alt seo a laghdú 50 faoin gcéad le linn aon tréimhse ina bhfuil an duine a bhfuile sé iníoctha leis ina chomhalta de cheachtar Teach den Oireachtas nó ina ionadaí i bParlaimint na hEorpa. (8) Ní bheidh feidhm ag fo-alt (7) (f) den alt seo maidir le duine a shealbhaigh oifig an Taoisigh. | |
Socruithe speisialta pinsin do dhaoine réamhcháilithe. | 13B.—(1) Tá feidhm ag an alt seo maidir le haon duine is duine réamhcháilithe agus a shealbhaíonn oifig cháilitheach ar an dáta feidhme nó dá éis. (2) Amhail ar an agus ón dáta feidhme, ní bheidh feidhm ag alt 14 nó ag alt 16 den Acht seo, de réir mar is cuí, maidir le duine a bhfuil feidhm ag an alt seo maidir leis i leith seirbhíse a bheidh tugtha aige i ndiaidh an dáta sin. (3) San alt seo ciallaíonn ‘pinsean bunaidh’, i ndáil le duine lena mbaineann an t-alt seo, an pinsean a raibh teideal ag an duine sin chuige faoi alt 14 nó faoi alt 16 den Acht seo, de réir mar is cuí, ar an dáta feidhme, nó, má shealbhaigh an duine oifig cháilitheach ar an dáta sin, an pinsean a mbeadh teideal aige chuige amhlaidh dá scoirfeadh sé d'oifig a shealbhú ar an dáta sin. (4) Faoi réir fho-alt (7) den alt seo, beidh duine lena mbaineann an t-alt seo agus a scoirfidh d'oifig cháilitheach a shealbhú i ndiaidh an dáta feidhme i dteideal pinsean breise (dá ngairtear ‘pinsean forlíontach’ ina dhiaidh seo san alt seo) a fháil i dteannta a phinsin bunaidh. (5) (a) Is é a bheidh i méid pinsin fhorlíontaigh— (i) i gcás duine ar pinsean aireachta a phinsean bunaidh, 5 faoin gcéad den tuarastal cuí (de réir bhrí alt 13A den Acht seo) arna iolrú faoin líon blianta iomchuí, (ii) i gcás duine ar pinsean rúnaí a phinsean bunaidh agus, ar é do scor d'oifig cháilitheach a shealbhú i ndiaidh an dáta feidhme, a bheadh i dteideal pinsin aireachta faoi alt 14 den Acht seo, murach fo-alt (2) den alt seo, méid is comhionann leis an difríocht idir— (A) méid an phinsin aireachta ab iníoctha an tráth sin leis an duine dá ríomhfaí an pinsean sin de réir fho-ailt (4) agus (5) d'alt 13A den Acht seo, agus (B) méid phinsean bunaidh an duine, (iii) i gcás duine, seachas duine dá dtagraítear i bhfomhír (ii) den mhír seo, ar pinsean rúnaí a phinsean bunaidh, 5 faoin gcéad den tuarastal cuí (de réir na brí a dúradh) arna iolrú faoin líon blianta iomchuí. (b) Glacfar leis gurb é an líon blianta iomchuí chun críocha mhír (a) den fho-alt seo— (i) i gcás duine lena mbaineann fomhír (i) den mhír sin (a), an toradh a gheofar trí chomhliomlán na méideanna seo a leanas a roinnt ar 365: (A) an líon laethanta, más ann, ar shealbhaigh an duine sin oifig aireachta lena linn i ndiaidh an dáta feidhme, agus (B) leath an líon laethanta, más ann, ar shealbhaigh an duine sin oifig rúnaí lena linn i ndiaidh an dáta feidhme, agus (C) an líon laethanta, más ann, de sheirbhís inphinsin (de réir bhrí alt 14 den Acht seo) an duine sin ar tugadh, nó a dtabharfaí, neamhaird orthu le linn pinsean bunaidh an duine sin a ríomh, (ii) i gcás duine lena mbaineann fomhír (iii) den mhír sin (a), an toradh a gheofar trí chomhiomhlán na méideanna seo a leanas a roinnt ar 365: (A) an líon laethanta ar shealbhaigh an duine sin oifig cháilitheach lena linn i ndiaidh an dáta feidhme, agus (B) an líon laethanta, más ann, de sheirbhís inpinsin (de réir bhrí alt 16 den Acht seo) an duine sin ar tugadh, nó a dtabharfaí, neamhaird orthu le linn pinsean bunaidh an duine sin a ríomh: Ar choinníoll— (I) go dtabharfar neamhaird ar aon chodán de bhliain i gceachtar de na torthaí réamhráite, agus (II) in aon chás inar mó ná 10 mbliana comhiomlán an lín blianta iomchuí mar a mhínítear thuas agus an lín blianta de sheirbhís inphinsin a áiríodh nó a d'áireofaí le linn pinsean bunaidh an duine lena mbaineann a ríomh, go nglacfar leis gurb é an líon blianta iomchuí an toradh a fhaightear trí líon na mblianta sin de sheirbhís inphinsin a dhealú ó 10. (6) Amhail ar an agus ón dáta feidhme, ní bheidh feidhm ag alt 17 den Acht seo, i gcás duine lena mbaineann an t-alt seo, ach amháin i leith phinsean bunaidh an duine sin. (7) Beidh feidhm ag fo-ailt (7) agus (8) d'alt 13A den Acht seo i leith pinsin fhorlíontaigh amhail is dá mba phinsean faoin alt sin 13A an pinsean forlíontach sin.”. |
Pinsin do bhaintreacha fir sealbhóirí oifige éagtha.
8.—Beidh feidhm ag forálacha Acht 1952 agus alt 20 den Phríomh-Acht maidir le baintreacha fir sealbhóirí éagtha oifigí cáilitheacha (de réir bhrí Chuid IV den Phríomh-Acht) agus beidh feidhm ag forálacha an ailt sin 20 maidir le leanaí na sealbhóirí sin go léir agus, dá réir sin—
(a) déanfar tagairtí do bhaintreach, do phinsean baintrí nó baintrighe agus do mháthair in Acht 1952 agus san alt sin 20 a fhorléiriú mar thagairtí a fholaíonn tagairtí do bhaintreach fir, do phinsean baintrí fir agus d'athair faoi seach,
(b) déanfar an tagairt do phinsin bhaintreach in alt 21 (4) den Phríomh-Acht a fhorléiriú mar thagairt a fholaíonn tagairt do phinsin bhaintreach fir, agus
(c) déanfar an tagairt do phinsean baintrí in alt 10 (2) den Acht um an Oireachtas (Liúntais do Chomhaltaí) agus Oifigí Aireachta agus Parlaiminte (Leasú), 1968, a fhorléiriú mar thagairt a fholaíonn tagairt do phinsean baintrí fir.
Srianta le hailt 13A agus 13B den Phríomh-Acht.
9.—I gcás ina mbeidh pinsean baintrí nó pinsean baintrí fir iníoctha faoi alt 20 den Phríomh-Acht nó faoi Acht 1952 i leith duine éagtha a shealbhaigh oifig cháilitheach—
(a) ríomhfar méid an phinsin sin amhail is nach raibh feidhm ag míreanna (b) agus (f) d'fho-alt (7) d'alt 13A den Phríomh-Acht (a cuireadh isteach le halt 7 den Acht seo) nó, más cuí, ag fo-alt (7) d'alt 13B (a cuireadh isteach leis an alt 7 sin) den Phríomh-Acht i gcás an duine éagtha sin, agus
(b) más rud é gur shealbhaigh an duine éagtha sin oifig cháilitheach roimh an dáta feidhme mar a mhínítear in alt 13 den Phríomh-Acht (arna leasú le halt 6 den Acht seo), ní lú méid an phinsin sin in aon chás ná an pinsean ab iníoctha dá mba rud é—
(i) go raibh an duine éagtha sin tar éis seirbhís a thabhairt ar feadh níos lú ná 1,095 lá in oifig cháilitheach seachas oifig aireachta (de réir bhrí Chuid IV den Phríomh-Acht), agus
(ii) nach raibh feidhm ag an alt sin 13A i gcás an duine éagtha sin.
Leasú ar an bPríomh-Acht (Cuid nua).
10.—Leasaítear leis seo an Príomh-Acht tríd an gCuid seo a leanas a chur isteach i ndiaidh alt 24:
“CUID V | |
Íocaíochtaí téarfa le hiarshealbhóirí Oifigí Aireachta agus Parlaiminte áirithe | |
Mínithe chun críocha Chuid V. | 25.—Sa Chuid seo tá le ‘dáta feidhme’, ‘duine réamhcháilithe’ agus ‘oifig cháilitheach’ na bríonna a shanntar dóibh le Cuid IV den Acht seo. |
Teideal chun liúntais téarfa. | 26.—(1) Faoi réir fhorálacha na Coda seo, duine a scoirfidh d'oifig cháilitheach a shealbhú ar an dáta feidhme nó dá éis agus nach gceapfar láithreach chun oifige eile den sórt sin beidh sé, mura duine réamhcháilithe é, i dteideal íocaíochta dá ngairtear ‘liúntas téarfa’ ina dhiaidh seo sa Chuid seo. (2) Má scoireann duine, a shealbhaíonn oifig cháilitheach ar an lánscor ar Dháil Éireann díreach roimh an dáta feidhme, den oifig sin a shealbhú roimh an dáta feidhme agus mura n-íoctar pinsean leis faoi Chuid IV den Acht seo i leith na tréimhse idir an scor sin agus an dáta feidhme, ansin, chun críocha na Coda seo, measfar gur ar an dáta feidhme a tharla an scor sin. |
Daoine áirithe nach bhfuil cáilithe le haghaidh liúntais téarfa. | 27.—Duine a scoireann d'oifig cháilitheach a shealbhú chun glacadh le post a gceapann an Rialtas chuige é, nó a n-ainmneoidh an Rialtas é chun a cheaptha chuige, ní bheidh sé i dteideal liúntais téarfa ar scór an scoir sin. |
Tosach feidhme agus scor liúntais téarfa. | 28.—Faoi réir alt 30 den Acht seo, tosóidh teideal duine chun liúntais téarfa an lá i ndiaidh dó scor dá oifig, agus scoirfidh an teideal sin ag deireadh tréimhse atá comhionann leis an tréimhse is giorra díobh seo— (a) an tréimhse, díreach roimh an scor sin, a mbeidh sé tar éis seirbhís a thabhairt in oifig cháilitheach nó in oifigí cáilitheacha lena linn gan an tseirbhís sin a bhriseadh, nó (b) tréimhse 2 bhliain, nó, más luaithe ná sin é, ar é a cheapadh chun oifige cáilithí nó ar é a cheapadh chun poist dá dtagraítear in alt 27 den Acht seo: Ar choinníoll go bhféadfaidh duine tráth ar bith iarratas a dhéanamh i scríbhinn chun an Aire Airgeadais ar scor an liúntais téarfa is iníoctha leis, agus má dhéanann sé iarratas amhlaidh, scoirfidh a theideal chun an liúntais sin le héifeacht ó cibé dáta a shonrófar san iarratas. |
Ráta bliantúil liúntais téarfa. | 29.—(1) Is é a bheidh i ráta bliantúil liúntais téarfa— (a) mura mó ná 6 mhí fad na tréimhse arb iníoctha an liúntas lena linn, 75 faoin gcéad den tuarastal iomchuí, (b) más mó ná 6 mhí agus mura mó ná 18 mí fad na tréimhse arb iníoctha an liúntas lena linn, 75 faoin gcéad den tuarastal iomchuí in aghaidh an chéad 6 mhí agus 50 faoin gcéad den tuarastal iomchuí in aghaidh an chuid eile den tréimhse sin, nó (c) más mó ná 18 mí fad na tréimhse arb iníoctha an liúntas lena linn, 75 faoin gcéad den tuarastal iomchuí in aghaidh an chéad 6 mhí agus 50 faoin gcéad den tuarastal iomchuí in aghaidh an chéad 12 mhí eile agus 25 faoin gcéad den tuarastal iomchuí in aghaidh an chuid eile den tréimhse sin. (2) I bhfo-alt (1) den alt seo ciallaíonn ‘an tuarastal iomchuí’— (a) más rud é i gcaitheamh na tréimhse iomchuí gur shealbhaigh an duine an oifig cháilitheach chéanna nó roinnt oifigí cáilitheacha lenar bhain an ráta céanna tuarastail, an tuarastal is cuí de thuras na huaire don oifig a shealbhaigh an duine ar an lá deireanach den tréimhse sin, agus (b) in aon chás eile, comhiomlán na méideanna a fhaightear de réir na foirmle— |
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i leith gach oifige cáilithí a shealbhaigh an duine le linn na tréimhse iomchuí, i gcás gurb é S an tuarastal is cuí don oifig sin de thuras na huaire, gurb é D an líon laethanta ar sealbhaíodh an oifig sin amhlaidh lena linn agus gurb é Panlíon iomlán laethanta sa tréimhse iomchuí, ach sin faoi réir uasmhéid 730: Ar choinníoll, i gcás inar shealbhaigh duine oifig an Ard-Aighne tráth ar bith le linn na tréimhse iomchuí, go ndéanfar an tuarastal iomchuí i gcás an duine sin a ríomh amhail is dá mba í an tsuim bhliantúil is iníoctha de thuras na huaire ar mhodh tuarastail le comhalta den Rialtas seachas an Taoiseach nó an Tánaiste an tuarastal is iomchuí de thuras na huaire d'oifig an Ard-Aighne. (3) I bhfo-alt (2) den alt seo ciallaíonn ‘an tréimhse iomchuí’ an tréimhse dá dtagraítear i mír (a) d'alt 28 den Acht seo nó, i gcás inar mó ná 2 bhliain fad na tréimhse sin, an 2 bhliain dheireanacha den tréimhse sin. | |
Liúntas scoir a athríomh nó a atosú in imthosca áirithe. | 30.—(1) I gcás ina mbeidh duine i dteideal liúntais téarfa i leith tréimhse seirbhíse in oifig cháilitheach (dá ngairtear ‘an chéad téarma’ ina dhiaidh seo san alt seo), agus go scoirfidh an teideal sin ar é a cheapadh chun oifige cáilithí go ceann tréimhse breise (dá ngairtear ‘an dara téarma’ ina dhiaidh seo san alt seo), féadfaidh sé, ar dhul in éag don dara téarma, iarratas a dhéanamh i scríbhinn chun an Aire Airgeadais gur ceart a theideal chun liúntais téarfa i leith an dara téarma a ríomh amhail is dá mba thréimhse seirbhíse gan bhriseadh a bhí sa chéad téarma agus sa dara téarma, agus má dhéanann sé iarratas amhlaidh, déanfar a theideal a ríomh amhlaidh, faoi réir laghdú cuí a dhéanamh ar an teideal sin, ar laghdú é a fhorordófar le rialacháin arna ndéanamh ag an Aire Airgeadais, ag féachaint do mhéid an liúntais téarfa a íoctar leis i leith an chéad téarma. (2) Mura ndéanann duine dá dtagraítear i bhfo-alt (1) den alt seo an t-iarratas dá bhforáiltear san fho-alt sin (1), agus má scoirtear den liúntas téarfa is iníoctha leis i leith an dara téarma a íoc ar dháta is luaithe ná an dáta ar a scoirfeadh a theideal chun liúntais téarfa i leith an chéad téarma murach é a bheith ceaptha chun oifige cáilithí le haghaidh an dara téarma, atosófar ar a liúntas téarfa i leith an chéad téarma le héifeacht ón gcéad lá tar éis scor a liúntais téarfa i leith an dara téarma, agus íocfar é go ceann cibé tréimhse breise, agus de réir cibé ráta, a mbeadh feidhm acu ar an gcéad lá sin murach a theideal i leith an chéad téarma a bheith scortha roimhe sin. |
Liúntas speisialta d'iar-Thaoisigh. | 31.—(1) I gcás ina mbeidh duine a shealbhaigh oifig an Taoisigh ar feadh tréimhse nach lú ná 1 bhliain i dteideal liúntais téarfa faoin gCuid seo agus go scoirfidh a theideal chun an liúntais sin ar shlí seachas ar é a cheapadh chun oifige cáilithí, agus (a) nach mbeidh 55 bliana d'aois slánaithe aige an tráth sin, agus (b) nach mbeidh iarratas déanta aige ar phinsean lascainithe, tiocfaidh an duine sin air sin chun bheith i dteideal liúntais (dá ngairtear ‘liúntas speisialta’ ina dhiaidh seo sa Chuid seo) de réir ráta 25 faoin gcéad den tsuim bhliantúil is iníoctha de thuras na huaire ar mhodh tuarastail leis an Taoiseach. (2) Scoirfidh liúntas speisialta faoin alt seo de bheith iníoctha más rud é maidir leis an duine lena mbaineann— (a) go gceapfar é chun poist cháilithigh, nó (b) go dtiocfaidh sé chun bheith i dteideal pinsin faoi Chuid IV den Acht seo, nó (c) go ndéanfaidh sé iarratas ar phinsean lascainithe faoi Chuid IV den Acht seo. |
Liúntais faoi Chuid V a íoc as an bPríomh-Chiste. | 32.—Is é an tAire Airgeadais a dheonóidh gach liúntas is iníoctha faoin gCuid seo den Acht seo agus déanfar é a mhuirearú ar an bPríomh-Chiste nó a thoradh fáis agus beidh sé iníoctha as an gcéanna.”. |
Leasú ar an Acht um an Oireachtas (Liúntais do Chomhaltaí), 1962.
11.—(1) Leasaítear leis seo an tAcht um an Oireachtas (Liúntais do Chomhaltaí), 1962, tríd an alt seo a leanas a chur isteach in ionad alt 2:
“Saoráidí teileafóin agus poist. | 2.—(1) Faoi réir cibé eisceachtaí, srianta agus coinníollacha dá bhforálfar le rialacháin, déanfar na saoráidí seo a leanas a dheonú do chomhalta de Dháil Éireann nó de Sheanad Éireann: (a) glaonna teileafóin in aisce ó Theach Laighean, agus (b) saoráidí poist in aisce de dhroim dhualgais pharlaiminte an chomhalta. (2) Faoi réir cibé eisceachtaí, srianta agus coinníollacha dá bhforálfar le rialacháin, déanfar ranníocaíocht faoi chomhair costas glaonna teileafóin a dhéanann comhalta de Dháil Éireann nó de Sheanad Éireann seachas ó Theach Laighean a dheonú don chomhalta sin. (3) San alt seo folaíonn ‘Teach Laighean’ aon áitreabh oifige a sholáthraíonn an Stát i gcomharsanacht Theach Laighean lena úsáid ag comhaltaí de Dháil Éireann nó de Sheanad Éireann. (4) Tiocfaidh fo-alt (2) den alt seo i ngníomh cibé lá a cheapfaidh an tAire Airgeadais le hordú, ar lá é nach luaithe ná dáta rite an Achta um an Oireachtas (Liúntais do Chomhaltaí) agus Oifigí Aireachta agus Parlaiminte, 1992.”. |
(2) Measfar gur tháinig an t-alt seo i ngníomh an 25ú lá de Nollaig, 1962.
Leasú ar alt 4 d'Acht 1938.
12.—(1) Leasaítear leis seo alt 4 d'Acht 1938, arna leasú leis an Acht um an Oireachtas (Liúntais do Chomhaltaí) agus Oifigí Aireachta agus Parlaiminte (Leasú), 1964, tríd an bhfo-alt seo a leanas a chur isteach i ndiaidh fho-alt (2):
“(2A) D'ainneoin aon ní i bhfo-ailt (1) agus (2) den alt seo, más rud é, ar an 24ú lá de Lúnasa, 1990, nó dá éis, go gceanglaítear ar chomhalta de cheachtar Teach, i dtaca lena dhualgais pharlaiminte, turas a dhéanamh go Baile Átha Cliath ó áit lasmuigh den Stát, in imthosca inar deimhin leis an Aire nach bhféadfadh an comhalta lena mbaineann coinne a bheith aige gur ghá an turas atá i gceist a dhéanamh, agus más rud é go dtabhaíonn an comhalta caiteachais taistil sa tslí sin nach bhfuil inghnóthaithe ó aon fhoinse eile, féadfar saoráidí taistil a dheonú dó i leith an turais sin.”.
(2) Ní bheidh éifeacht le fo-alt (4) d'alt 4 d'Acht 1938 i ndáil le héileamh a dhéanfaidh comhalta i leith turais a bhfuil feidhm ag fo-alt (2A) (arna chur isteach leis an Acht seo) den alt sin 4 maidir leis, má rinneadh an turas sin roimh dháta rite an Achta seo.
Alt 19 (3) den Phríomh-Acht a shoiléiriú.
13.—(1) D'fhonn amhras a sheachaint, dearbhaítear leis seo nach bhforléireofar an tagairt do “pinsin no liúntais” atá i bhfo-alt (3) d'alt 19 den Phríomh-Acht mar thagairt d'aon íocaíocht faoi Scéim Pinsean Thithe an Oireachtais (Comhaltaí).
(2) Measfar gur tháinig an t-alt seo i ngníomh an 1ú lá de Nollaig, 1960.
Leasú ar alt 4 den Acht um Thionól na hEorpa (Ionadaithe na hÉireann), 1979.
14.—(1) Leasaítear leis seo alt 4 den Acht um Thionól na hEorpa (Ionadaithe na hÉireann), 1979, tríd an bhfo-alt seo a leanas a chur isteach i ndiaidh fho-alt (4):
“(5) San alt seo ciallaíonn ‘pinsin’ pinsin, aiscí agus liúntais eile ar bhás nó ar scor ar shlí eile d'oifig a shealbhú mar ionadaí i bParlaimint na hEorpa.”.
(2) Measfar gur tháinig an t-alt seo i ngníomh an 1ú lá de Mheán Fómhair, 1983.
Aisghairm.
15.—(1) Aisghairtear leis seo fo-alt (4) (a cuireadh isteach le halt 6 (b) d'Acht 1977) d'alt 3 den Phríomh-Acht.
(2) Measfar gur tháinig an t-alt seo i ngníomh an 18ú lá de Mhárta, 1980.
Gearrtheideal agus comhlua.
16.—(1) Féadfar an tAcht um an Oireachtas (Liúntais do Chomhaltaí) agus Oifigí Aireachta agus Parlaiminte (Leasú), 1992, a ghairm den Acht seo.
(2) Féadfar na hAchtanna um an Oireachtas (Liúntais do Chomhaltaí), 1938 go 1992, a ghairm le chéile de na hAchtanna um an Oireachtas (Liúntais do Chomhaltaí), 1938 go 1983, agus d'ailt 2 go 5 agus 11 agus 12 den Acht seo, agus den fho-alt seo.
(3) Féadfar na hAchtanna um Oifigí Aireachta agus Parlaiminte, 1938 go 1992, a ghairm le chéile de na hAchtanna um Oifigí Aireachta agus Parlaiminte, 1938 go 1983, agus den Acht seo, a mhéid a leasaítear na hAchtanna sin leis.