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Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices (Amendment) Act, 1977

In short

This law amends previous acts concerning allowances for Oireachtas members, and salaries and conditions for ministerial, parliamentary, and judicial offices. It updates provisions related to payments and the process for annulling orders made under these acts.

What it regulates

  • Allowances paid to members of the Oireachtas.
  • Salaries and conditions for Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices.
  • Provisions related to judicial offices.
  • The process for Dáil Éireann to annul certain orders regarding these allowances and salaries.

Who it concerns

  • Members of the Oireachtas.
  • Ministers of State and other holders of ministerial and parliamentary offices.
  • Judicial office holders.

Key points

  • An order regarding Oireachtas allowances or ministerial/parliamentary salaries can be annulled if Dáil Éireann passes a resolution within 21 sitting days.
  • The annual salary for a Minister of State shall not exceed £4,727.
  • The total number of people receiving salaries as Ministers of State at any one time shall not exceed twenty-five.
  • The Act defines "qualifying office" to include ministerial office, the office of Minister of State, or a secretarial office.
Legal text
Legal text

Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices (Amendment) Act, 1977 Skip to content Disclaimer Feedback Helpdesk Gaeilge Léim go dtí an t-ábhar Séanadh Aiseolas Deasc chabhrach English Gaeilge English Produced by the Office of the Attorney General Táirgthe ag Oifig an Ard-Aighne Home Legislation Acts of the Oireachtas Statutory Instruments Pre-1922 Legislation Constitution External Resources Bills (Houses of the Oireachtas) Iris Oifigiúil / Official Gazette Revised Acts (LRC) Classified List of Legislation (LRC) Translations (acts.

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  3. s)or rangeBliain nó blianta nó raon TypeCineál All Legislation Acts Statutory Instruments Advanced SearchCuardach Casta HomeBaile ActsAchtanna 1977 Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices (Amendment) Act, 1977 Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices (Amendment) Act, 1977 Permanent Page URL View by SectionAmharc de réir Ailt View Full ActAmharc ar an Acht Iomlán Bill History Stair Bille Commencement, Amendments, SIs made under the Act Tosach Feidhme, Leasuithe, IRí arna ndéanamh faoin Acht Print Full ActPriontáil an tAcht Iomlán Number 29 of 1977 OIREACHTAS (ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS) AND MINISTERIAL, PARLIAMENTARY AND JUDICIAL OFFICES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1977 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS PART I Preliminary Section 1. Short title and commencement. 2. Interpretation. PART II Amendment of Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Acts, 1938 to 1973 3. Collective citation (Part II). 4. Amendment of section 3A of Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Act, 1938. PART III Amendment of Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Acts, 1938 to 1973 5. Interpretation and collective citation (Part III). 6. Amendment of section 3 of Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act, 1938. 7. Amendment of section 8A of Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act, 1938. 8. Amendment of section 13 of Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act, 1938. 9. Consequential. PART IV Amendment of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Acts, 1961 to 1977 10. Collective citation (Part IV). 11. Amendment of section 46 of Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961. Number 29 of 1977 OIREACHTAS (ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS) AND MINISTERIAL, PARLIAMENTARY AND JUDICIAL OFFICES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1977 AN ACT TO AMEND THE OIREACHTAS (ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS) ACTS, 1938 TO 1973, THE MINISTERIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY OFFICES ACTS, 1938 TO 1973, AND THE COURTS (SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS) ACTS, 1961 TO 1977. [8th December, 1977] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: PART I Preliminary Short title and commencement. 1.—

(1)This Act may be cited as the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices (Amendment) Act, 1977.
(2)This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as, by order or orders made by the Government, may be fixed therefor either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so fixed for different purposes and different provisions. Interpretation. 2.—In this Act “the Act of 1973” means the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1973 . PART II Amendment of Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Acts, 1938 to 1973 Collective citation. ( Part II ). 3.—The Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Acts, 1938 to 1973, and this Part of this Act may be cited together as the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Acts, 1938 to 1977. Amendment of section 3A of Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Act, 1938. 4.—Section 3A of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Act, 1938 (inserted by section 5 of the Act of 1973), is hereby amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection
(3): “
(3)An order under this section shall be laid before Dáil Éireann as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the order is passed by Dáil Éireann within the next twenty-one days on which Dáil Éireann has sat after the order is laid before it, the order shall be annulled accordingly, and the order shall not come into operation before the expiration of the said twenty-one days but subject to the foregoing shall commence in accordance with its terms.”. PART III Amendment of Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Acts. 1938 to 1973 Interpretation and collective citation ( Part III ). 5.—
(1)In this Part of this Act— “the Act of 1968” means the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1968 ; “the Principal Act” means the Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act, 1938
(2)The Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Acts, 1938 to 1973, and this Part of this Act may be cited together as the Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Acts, 1938 to
  1. Amendment of section 3 of Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act,
  2. 6.—Section 3 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by— (a) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection
(2): “
(2)There shall be paid an annual sum by way of salary, not exceeding the sum of £4,727, to every Minister of State appointed under section 1 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1977 .”; (b) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection
(4): “
(4)The total number of persons who are, at any one time, in receipt of salaries under this section shall not exceed twenty-five.”. Amendment of section 8A of Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act, 1938. 7.—Section 8A (inserted by section 11 of the Act of 1973) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by— (a) the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (c) of subsection
(1): “(
  1. c)the annual sum payable to every Minister of State pursuant to the said section 3,”; (
  2. b)the substitution of the following subsection for subsection
(3): “
(3)An order under this section shall be laid before Dáil Éireann as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the order is passed by Dáil Éireann within the next twenty-one days on which Dáil Éireann has sat after the order is laid before it, the order shall be annulled accordingly, and the order shall not come into operation before the expiration of the said twenty-one days but subject to the foregoing shall commence in accordance with its terms.”. Amendment of section 13 of Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act, 1938. 8.—Section 13 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by— (
  1. a)the substitution of the following for the definition of “qualifying office”: “‘qualifying office’ means an office which is a ministerial office, the office of Minister of State or a secretarial office;”; (
  2. b)the insertion after the definition of “qualifying office” (inserted by this subsection) of the following definition: “‘the office of Minister of State’ means the office to which a person may be appointed under section 1 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1977 .”. Consequential. 9.—
(1)Where a person holding the office of Minister of State pursuant to an appointment under section 1 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1977 , ceases to hold that office, the following provisions shall apply: (
  1. a)he shall for the purposes of sections 14 and 16 of the Principal Act be regarded as having held secretarial office within the meaning of the Principal Act and each of the references in the said sections 14 and 16 to secretarial office shall be construed as including a reference to the aforesaid office of Minister of State, and (
  2. b)in case subsection
(3)(inserted by section 11 of the Act of 1968) of the said section 16 is applicable in relation to him, that subsection shall be construed and have effect as if the reference therein to a Parliamentary Secretary were a reference to a Minister of State so appointed.
(2)For the purpose of section 16 of the Principal Act, as amended by section 11 of the Act of 1968, the annual sum which would have been payable for the time being by way of salary to a Parliamentary Secretary shall be such sum as may be determined by the Minister for the Public Service. PART IV Amendment of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Acts, 1961 to 1977 Collective citation ( Part IV ). 10.—The collective citation, the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Acts, 1961 to 1977, shall include this Part of this Act. Amendment of section 46 of Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961. 11.— Section 46
(9)of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961 (inserted by section 1 of the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1968 ), is hereby amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (c): “(c) An order under this subsection shall be laid before Dáil Éireann as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the order is passed by Dáil Éireann within the next twenty-one days on which Dáil Éireann has sat after the order is laid before it, the order shall be annulled accordingly, and the order shall not come into operation before the expiration of the said twenty-one days but subject to the foregoing shall commence in accordance with its terms.”. Acts Referred to Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act, 1961 1961, No.
  1. Courts (Supplemental Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1968 1968, No.
  2. Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act, 1938 1938, No.
  3. Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1977 1977, No.
  4. Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Act, 1938 1938, No.
  5. Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1968 1968, No.
  6. Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1973 1973, No.
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