Expenses of persons attending before courts of referees or umpire.
41.—In any case where—
(a) a person is required to attend before a court of referees and so attends; or
(b) on an appeal to the umpire from a decision of a court of referees a person affected by the decision is requested by the umpire to attend before him on the consideration of the appeal and so attends;
that person shall be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas such travelling and other allowances, including compensation for loss of remunerative time, as the Minister with the sanction of the Minister for Finance may determine.