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SCHEDULE 1 
 
Ongoing Expenditure 
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Section 2.
 
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1. Administration: 
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(a) salaries, wages and allowances in respect of members of staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas; 
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(b) travel and subsistence; 
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(c) incidental expenses; 
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(d) postage and telecommunications services; 
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(e) office machinery and other office supplies; 
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(f) office premises expenses. 
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2. Other services: 
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(a) payment in respect of catering and bar staff employed by the Joint House Services Committee; 
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(b) expenses of delegates to other parliamentary assemblies; 
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(c) televising of proceedings of Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann and other services; 
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(d) grant-in-aid in respect of inter-parliamentary activities; 
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(e) grant-in-aid to British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body; 
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(f) allowances to or in respect of former members of the Houses of the Oireachtas; 
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(g) grant to Irish Parliamentary (former Members) Society; 
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(h) grant-in-aid in respect of “Ciste Pinsean Thithe an Oireachtais”; 
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(i) pension scheme for secretarial assistants; 
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(j) expenses relating to Oireachtas Committees. 
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3. Salaries of members of the Houses of the Oireachtas (including office holders and Oireachtas Committee chairpersons) and of the European Parliament. 
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4. Payments in respect of secretarial assistance for non-office holding members of the Houses of the Oireachtas. 
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5. Travel expenses of members of the Houses of the Oireachtas. 
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6. Other allowances and expenses of members of the Houses of the Oireachtas. 
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7. Any other expenses incurred by the Commission in the performance of its functions. 
 
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