Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1960
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Amendment of section 10 of Principal Act. |
13.—The following subsections are hereby substituted for subsections (1) to (4) of section 10 of the Principal Act: | |
“(1) Where there is one qualified Party and not more, there shall be paid to the Leader of that Party an annual sum by way of allowance for expenses of £4,500. | ||
(2) Where there are two qualified Parties and not more— | ||
(a) there shall be paid to the Leader of that one of the qualified Parties which is of the greater numerical strength in Dáil Éireann an annual sum by way of allowance for expenses of £3,000, and | ||
(b) there shall be paid to the Leader of the other qualified Party an annual sum by way of allowance for expenses of £1,500. | ||
(3) Where there are three or more qualified Parties— | ||
(a) there shall be paid to the Leader of that one of the qualified Parties which is of the greatest numerical strength in Dáil Éireann an annual sum by way of allowance for expenses of £2,250, | ||
(b) there shall be paid to each of the Leaders of the other qualified Parties an annual sum by way of allowance for expenses of £2,250 divided by the number of the other qualified Parties. | ||
(4) An allowance payable to a person under this section shall be in addition to the allowance payable to him under the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Act, 1938 , and shall not be payable save in respect of a period in respect of which the last-mentioned allowance is payable to him.” |