Oireachtas (Payment of Members) Act, 1928
Amendment of section 6 of the Oireachtas (Payment of Members) Act, 1923. |
1.—Sub-section (1) of section 6 of the Oireachtas (Payment of Members) Act, 1923 (No. 18 of 1923) is hereby amended by the deletion of the definition of the expression “travelling facilities” now contained therein and the insertion in lieu of the definition so deleted of the following definition, that is to say, the expression “travelling facilities” means— | |
(a) whichever one or more of the following is appropriate to the case, that is to say:— | ||
(i) the provision of free first class railway travelling, or | ||
(ii) the repayment of fare paid for travelling in any public tram, omnibus, char-a-banc or similar public conveyance, or | ||
(iii) the repayment of expenses of travelling in the traveller's own motor car to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Finance but, where railway travelling is available over any portion of a journey travelled in such motor car, not exceeding in respect of such portion of such journey the cost of first class railway travelling over such portion, and | ||
(b) the repayment of such other (if any) travelling expenses as the Minister for Finance shall be satisfied were reasonably incurred. |