Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary offices) (Secretarial Facilities) Regulations 2008
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Secretarial Facilities) Regulations 2008.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations—
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paragraphs: Subject to Regulation 4, each member of DÃ¡il Ãireann, who is not the holder of Ministerial or Parliamentary Office, is entitled to—
(a) standard secretarial facilities consisting of either one secretarial assistant working full-time or such number of secretarial assistants working part-time as are equivalent to one secretarial assistant working full-time,
(b) additional secretarial facilities consisting of one of the following:
(i) one higher parliamentary assistant working half-time,
(ii) one parliamentary assistant working full-time or such number of parliamentary assistants working part-time as are equivalent to one parliamentary assistant working full-time, or
(iii) in cases which the Commission considers exceptional with the consent of the Commission, one additional secretarial assistant working full-time.
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paragraphs: A member referred to in Regulation 3—
(a) employing a higher parliamentary assistant working half-time must share that assistant with another member of DÃ¡il Ãireann, who is not the holder of Ministerial or Parliamentary Office, so that the assistant works half-time for each of those members, and
(b) is entitled to additional secretarial facilities referred to in that Regulation only where he or she opts in writing, in such a manner and subject to such conditions as the Commission directs, from time to time, to exercise the entitlement.
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paragraphs: Each member of DÃ¡il Ãireann, who is not the holder of Ministerial or Parliamentary Office, is entitled to secretarial facilities consisting of 3 suites of computer equipment as specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 and one set of facilities as specified in Parts 3 to 5 of Schedule 1. In the case of work sharing arrangements, referred to in Regulation 3, a maximum of one additional suite of computer equipment, as specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 may be issued to the member.
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paragraphs: Subject to Regulation 7, each member of Seanad Ãireann, who is not the holder of Ministerial or Parliamentary Office, is entitled to—
(a) standard secretarial facilities consisting of either one secretarial assistant working half-time or such number of secretarial assistants working less than half-time as are equivalent to one secretarial assistant working half-time,
(b) additional secretarial facilities consisting of one secretarial assistant working either quarter-time or up to half-time or such number of secretarial assistants working less than half-time as are equivalent to one secretarial assistant working half-time.
7. (a) Any person providing additional secretarial facilities under Regulation 6(b) may be the same person as the secretarial assistant providing standard secretarial facilities under Regulation 6(a).
(b) A member referred to in Regulation 6 is entitled to such additional secretarial facilities referred to in that Regulation only where he or she opts in writing, in such a manner and subject to such conditions as the Commission directs, from time to time, to exercise the entitlement.
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paragraphs: Each member of Seanad Ãireann, who is not the holder of Ministerial or Parliamentary Office, is entitled to secretarial facilities consisting of 2 suites of computer equipment as specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 and one set of facilities as specified in Parts 3 to 5 of Schedule 1. In the case of work sharing arrangements, referred to in Regulation 6, a maximum of one additional suite of computer equipment as specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 may be issued to the member.
9. (a) Each qualifying party is entitled to—