Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in


“Iris Oifigiúil” of 27th January, 2017.


The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 3 (as amended by

section 39

of the

Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices and Oireachtas Members (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001

(No. 33 of 2001) (“Act of 2001”) and

section 8

(5) of the

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Act 2003

(No. 28 of 2003)), 3A (inserted by section 40 of the Act of 2001), 4 and 8 (as amended by section 43 of the Act of 2001) of the

Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act 1998

(No. 5 of 1998)), hereby order as follows:


1. This Order may be cited as the Oireachtas (Allowances) (Members and Holders of Parliamentary and Certain Ministerial Offices) Order 2017.


2. There is payable to a member of Dáil Éireann who holds or held a position in Dáil Éireann specified in column (2) of Schedule 1 at any reference number, an allowance, in respect of the member’s duties as holder of that position, annually at the rate specified in column (3) of that Schedule opposite that reference number, in respect of any period, beginning on or after 10 March 2016, during which the member held that position.


3. There is payable to a member of Seanad Éireann who holds or held a position in Seanad Éireann, specified in column (2) of Schedule 2 at any reference number, an allowance, in respect of the member’s duties as holder of that position, annually at the rate specified in column (3) of that Schedule opposite that reference number, in respect of any period, beginning on or after 25 April 2016, during which the member held that position.


4. There is payable to a member of Dáil Éireann who holds or held a position as a member of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission an allowance in respect of the member’s duties as holder of that position, at the rate of €8,740 annually, in respect of any period, beginning on or after 1 July 2016, during which the member held that position.


5. There is payable to a member of Seanad Éireann who holds or held a position as a member of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission an allowance in respect of the member’s duties as holder of that position, at the rate of €5,989 annually, in respect of any period, beginning on or after 7 July 2016, during which the member held that position.


6. There is payable to—


(a) Finian McGrath, Minister of State at—


(i) the Department of Social Protection,


(ii) the Department of Justice and Equality, and


(iii) the Department of Health,


and


(b) Paul Kehoe, Minister of State at—


(i) the Department of the Taoiseach, and


(ii) the Department of Defence,


for any period beginning on or after 6 May 2016, as the holders of those offices, respectively, who regularly attend meetings of the Government, an annual allowance at the rate of €15,829.


7. There is payable to a member of the Oireachtas who holds or held the position of chairperson of an Oireachtas Committee specified in Schedule 3 at any reference number, an allowance, in respect of the member’s duties as holder of that position, annually at the rate specified in column (3) of that Schedule opposite that reference number, in respect of any period, beginning on or after 20 April 2016, during which the member held that position.


8. The following are revoked:


(a) the Oireachtas (Allowances) (Members and Holders of Parliamentary and Certain Ministerial Offices) Order 2011 (

S.I. No. 347 of 2011

);


(b) the Oireachtas (Allowances) (Chairpersons of Oireachtas Committees and Certain Ministers of State) Order 2015 (

S.I. No. 12 of 2015

).


SCHEDULE 1


Article 2


Reference number (1)



Position in Dáil Éireann(2)



Rate of annual allowance (3)
1.



2.



3.



4.



5.



6.



7.



8.



9.



10.



11.



12.



13.



Government Whip



Assistant Government Whip



Fianna Fáil Party Whip



Sinn Féin Party Whip



Anti-Austerity Alliance/People Before Profit Party Whip



Labour Party Whip



Independents 4 Change Party Whip



Social Democrats Party Whip



Green Party Whip



Fine Gael Party Assistant Whip



Fianna Fáil Party Assistant Whip



Labour Party Assistant Whip



Sinn Féin Party Assistant Whip



€15,829



€13,800



€17,480



€9,200



€5,520



€5,520



€5,520



€5,520



€5,520



€8,740



€8,740



€2,760



€4,600
SCHEDULE 2


Article 3


Reference number



(1)



Position in Seanad Éireann



(2)



Rate of annual allowance



(3)
1.



2.



3.



4.



5.



6.



7.



8.



9.



10.



11.



12.



13.



Deputy Leader of the House



Government Whip



Assistant Government Whip



Fianna Fáil Group Leader



Independents Group Leader



Sinn Féin Group Leader



Civil Engagement Group Leader



Labour Group Leader



Fianna Fáil Group Whip



Independents Group Whip



Sinn Féin Group Whip



Civil Engagement Group Whip



Labour Group Whip



€5,989



€2,682



€792



€5,989



€2,682



€2,682



€2,682



€2,682



€2,682



€792



€792



€792



€792
SCHEDULE 3


Article 7


ReferenceNumber(1)



Committee(2)



Rate of annual allowance(3)
1.



2.



3.



4.



5.



6.



7.



8.



9.



10.



11.



12.



13.



14.



15.



16.



17.



18.



19.



20.



21.



22.



23.



24.



25.



26.



Committee of Public AccountsSelect Committee on Members Interests (Dáil Éireann) Select Committee on Members Interests (Seanad Éireann) Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine



Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs



Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment



Joint Committee on Education and Skills



Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach



Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence



Joint Committee on Health



Joint Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government



Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation



Joint Committee on Justice and Equality



Joint Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs



Joint Committee on Social Protection



Joint Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport



Joint Committee on European Union Affairs



Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement



Joint Committee on the Irish Language, Gaeltacht and the Islands



Joint Committee on Public Petitions



Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight



Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare



Standing Order 112 Select Committee



Select Committee on Housing and Homelessness



Select Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny



British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (formerly the British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body)



€8,740



€8,740



€0



€8,740



€8,740



€8,740



€8,740



€8,740



€8,740



€8,740



€8,740



€8,740



€8,740



€8,740



€8,740



€8,740



€8,740



€8,740



€8,740



€8,740



€8,740



€8,740



€8,740



€8,740



€8,740



€8,740

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government,


24 January 2017.


ENDA KENNY,


Taoiseach.


EXPLANATORY NOTE


(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)


The annual rates specified in this Order are the current rates applicable following the reductions to remuneration applied from 1 July 2013 under the

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013

and will be subject to the provisions of the

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015

in due course.