Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1968

Amendment of section 10 of Principal Act.

9.—The following subsections are hereby substituted for subsections (1) to (3) of section 10 of the Principal Act as amended by section 11 of the Act of 1964:

“(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 £15,000.

(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 £10,000 and

(b) there shall be paid to the Leader of the other qualified Party an annual sum by way of allowance for expenses of £5,000.

(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 £7,500,

(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 £7,500 divided by the number of the other qualified Parties.”