Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) (Travelling Facilities) (Amendment) Regulations, 1990.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Travelling Facilities) (Amendment) Regulations, 1990.
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paragraphs: The Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Travelling Facilities) (Amendment) Regulations, 1989 ( S.I. No. 259 of 1989 ), are hereby revoked.
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paragraphs: The Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Travelling Facilities) Regulations, 1983 ( S.I. No. 341 of 1983 ), shall have and be deemed to have had effect as on and from the 1st day of January, 1989, as if the following Regulation had been substituted for Regulation 3:
"3. The following facilities are hereby prescribed as the travelling facilities for the purposes of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Act, 1938 (No. 34 of 1938), for members of DÃ¡il Ãireann or Seanad Ãireann—
( a ) in cases in which, the normal place of residence of the member being within 10 miles of Leinster House, he attends a meeting of DÃ¡il Ãireann or Seanad Ãireann or of a committee of DÃ¡il Ãireann or Seanad Ãireann of which he is a member, an allowance of £25 for each day upon which he attends such a meeting, together with such amounts (if any) as correspond to the amounts of any increases on or after the 1st day of January 1990, of the rates of the mileage allowance specified in paragraph (c) of this Regulation in force on or after that day, and
( b ) in cases in which, the normal place of residence of the member being within 20 miles but not within 10 miles of Leinster House, he attends a meeting of DÃ¡il Ãireann or Seanad Ãireann or of a committee of DÃ¡il Ãireann or Seanad Ãireann of which he is a member, an allowance calculated, at his option (which shall be exercisable in respect of each day in relation to which the allowance is payable), in accordance with either paragraph (a) or paragraph (c) of this Regulation:
Provided that for the purposes of the calculation of the allowance in accordance with the said paragraph (c) for days in respect of which an allowance under the said paragraph (a) is not payable to the member, he shall, in relation to any day in respect of which an allowance under the aforesaid paragraph (a) is payable to him, be deemed to have travelled twice the distance between his normal place of residence and Leinster House and to have been paid the appropriate allowance under the aforesaid paragraph (c) in respect of such travel, and
( c ) in all other cases—
(i) if the member travelled in his own motorcar, a mileage allowance at such rates as are payable to civil servants:
Provided however, that the periods in respect of which the rates aforesaid apply shall be:
(I) in the case of a member of DÃ¡il Ãireann—
(A) any period of 12 months beginning on the 1st day of January in any year (being a period occurring between the polling day of a general election for DÃ¡il Ãireann and the day of the dissolution of DÃ¡il Ãireann next following that day),
(B) any period of less than 12 months beginning on the 1st day of January in any year and ending on the day of the dissolution of DÃ¡il Ãireann (referred to subsequently in this subclause as "the dissolution day") next following the 1st day of January in that year (being a period occurring between the polling day of the general election for DÃ¡il Ãireann held next before the dissolution day and the dissolution day),
(C) any period beginning on the polling day of a general election for DÃ¡il Ãireann and ending on the day of the dissolution of DÃ¡il Ãireann next following that polling day or the 31st day of December next following that polling day, whichever is the earlier,
and
(II) in the case of a member of Seanad Ãireann—
(A) any period of 12 months beginning on the 1st day of January in any year (being a period occurring between the polling day of a general election for Seanad Ãireann and the day immediately preceding the polling day next following that polling day),
(B) any period of less than 12 months beginning on the 1st day of January in any year and ending on the day immediately preceding the polling day (referred to subsequently in this subclause as "the specified polling day") of the general election for Seanad Ãireann next following the 1st day of January in that year (being a period occurring between the polling day of the general election for Seanad Ãireann held next before the specified polling day and the specified polling day),
(C) any period beginning on the polling day of a general election for Seanad Ãireann and ending on the day immediately preceding the polling day of the general election for Seanad Ãireann next following that polling day or the 31st day of December next following the first-mentioned polling day, whichever is the earlier,
or
(ii) if the member travelled other than in his own motor car, such travelling expenses in respect of such travel as, in the opinion of the Minister for Finance, were reasonably incurred.".