Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Special Secretarial Allowance) Regulations 2006
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Special Secretarial Allowance) Regulations 2006.
(2) These Regulations are deemed to have come into operation on 1 January 2006.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations -
“Minister” means Minister for Finance;
“Ministerial or Parliamentary Office” means Taoiseach, TÃ¡naiste, Minister of the Government, Minister of State, Chairman of DÃ¡il Ãireann, Deputy Chairman of DÃ¡il Ãireann Chairman of Seanad Ãireann, Deputy Chairman of Seanad Ãireann or Leader of Seanad Ãireann;
“parliamentary assistant pay scale” and “secretarial assistant pay scale” means the pay scale of a person holding the position of parliamentary or secretarial assistant providing secretarial facilities to a member of DÃ¡il Ãireann or Seanad Ãireann in accordance with the Regulations of 2004;
“Regulations of 2004” means Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Secretarial Facilities) (No. 5) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 888 of 2004 );
“special secretarial allowance” means the special secretarial allowance granted under section 2(2A) of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Act 1962 (No. 32 of 1962).
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paragraphs: The amount of the special secretarial allowance is increased to -
(a) in the case of a member of DÃ¡il Ãireann, €36,320 per year, or where the first point of the parliamentary assistant pay scale is more than that amount, the amount of the first point per year, and
(b) in the case of a member of Seanad Ãireann -
(i) 50 per cent of the amount payable under paragraph (a) per year where the member has not opted for additional secretarial facilities under Regulation 4(a) or (b), or
(ii) €6,666 per year, where the member has opted for additional secretarial facilities under Regulation 4(b),
of the Regulations of 2004.
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paragraphs: The special secretarial allowance shall not be payable to -
(a) a member of DÃ¡il Ãireann who opts for additional secretarial facilities under Regulation 3(a), (b) or (c), or
(b) a member of Seanad Ãireann who opts for additional secretarial facilities under Regulation 4(a),
of the Regulations of 2004.
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paragraphs: A member of -
(a) DÃ¡il Ãireann, or
(b) Seanad Ãireann being the holder of a Ministerial or Parliamentary Office,
who is entitled to the special secretarial allowance, increased by Regulation 3, may opt instead in writing, in such manner as directed by the Minister, for the special secretarial allowance to be paid to him or her by way of -
(i) an unvouched portion of the allowance, to the amount increased by the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Special Secretarial Allowances) Regulations 2001 ( S.I. No. 434 of 2001 ) in respect of the member, and
(ii) a vouched portion of the allowance, to the amount of €10,245 or where 50 percent of the first point of the secretarial assistant pay scale is more than that amount, the amount of the first point up to that 50 percent,
per year.
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paragraphs: The special secretarial allowance or any portion of it (other than the amount referred to in Regulation 3(b)(ii) or the unvouched portion of the allowance referred to in Regulation 5(i)), shall be payable only on foot of receipts for items of expenditure mentioned in the Schedule, vouched in such manner as the Minister may, from time to time, direct.
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paragraphs: The Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Secretarial Allowances) Regulations 2005 ( S.I. No. 84 of 2005 ) are revoked.