Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Secretarial Allowance) Regulations 2005
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Secretarial Allowance) Regulations 2005.
(2) These Regulations are deemed to have come into operation on 1 January 2005.
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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;
“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, €34,485 per year, and
(b) in the case of a member of Seanad Ãireann—
(i) €17,243 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 of these Regulations, 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 €9,749.
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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), of these Regulations) 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: (1) Where a member of DÃ¡il Ãireann has opted for additional secretarial facilities under Regulation 3(a), (b) or (c) of the Regulations of 2004 and the implementation of those facilities is delayed, a pro rata portion of the special secretarial allowance, in respect of the period until 30 April 2005, shall be payable to the member in accordance with paragraph (2) of this Regulation until such implementation.