S.I. No. 25/1998 - Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) (Amendment) Act, 1994 (Sections 2 and 3) Order, 1998.
S.I. No. 25 of 1998.
OIREACHTAS (ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1994 (SECTIONS 2 AND 3) ORDER, 1998.
The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 2 and 3 of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act, 1994 , (No. 21 of 1994), hereby make the following order:

1. This Order may be cited as the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act, 1994 (Sections 2 and 3) Order, 1998.

2. There shall be payable to every member of the Oireachtas who is the holder of the position of chairman of an Oireachtas Committee specified in column (2) of the Schedule to this Order at any reference number, an annual allowance in respect of the member's duties as holder of such position, at the rate specified in column (3) of the said Schedule opposite that reference number, in respect of any period—
(a) in the case of the Committee of Public Accounts, being not earlier than the making of this Order, and
(b) in the case of any other Oireachtas Committee specified in column (2) of the Schedule to this Order at any reference number, since the date specified in column (4) opposite that reference number,
during which the said member holds or has held such position.

3. There shall be payable to the member of Seanad Éireann who is the holder of the position of Leader of the House, an annual allowance, in respect of the member's duties as holder of such position, at the rate of£10,000, in respect of any period since the 6th day of August, 1997, during which the said member holds or has held such position.

4. The Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act, 1994 (Sections 2 and 3) Order, 1994 ( S.I. No. 302 of 1994 ), and the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act, 1994 (Section 2) Order, 1995 ( S.I. No. 78 of 1995 ), are hereby revoked.
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 3rd day of February, 1998.
BERTIE AHERN,
Taoiseach.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
This Order provides for the payment of allowances to the Chairpersons of certain Oireachtas Committees and to the Leader of the House in Seanad Éireann.
SCHEDULE
Rates of annual allowances payable to chairmen of specified Oireachtas Committees
Reference No.
Oireachtas Committee
Rates of Annual Allowance
Date
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
£
1.
The Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs
10,000
19.11.97
2.
The Joint Committee on European Affairs
10,000
19.11.97
3.
The Joint Committee on Justice, Equality and Women's Rights
10,000
19.11.97
4.
The Joint Committee on Family, Community and Social Affairs
10,000
19.11.97
5.
The Joint Committee on Heritage and the Irish Language
10,000
19.11.97
6.
The Joint Committee on Public Enterprise and Transport
10,000
19.11.97
7.
The Joint Committee on Enterprise and Small Business
10,000
26.11.97
8.
The Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service
10,000
19.11.97
9.
The Joint Committee on Environment and Local Government
10,000
19.11.97
10.
The Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
10,000
19.11.97
11.
The Joint Committee on Health and Children
10,000
19.11.97
12.
The Joint Committee on Education and Science
10,000
19.11.97
13.
The Joint Committee on Tourism, Sport and Recreation
10,000
26.11.97
14.
The Committee on Public Accounts
10,000
15.
The Joint House Services Committee
10,000
19.11.97
16.
The British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body
10,000
01.12.97
17.
The Select Committee on Members' Interest of Dáil Éireann
5,000
13.11.97
18.
The Select Committee on Members' Interest of Seanad Éireann
3,000
19.11.97