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Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act, 1972

In short

This law amends previous acts concerning Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices to allow for the payment of pensions to or in respect of individuals who have held the office of Deputy Chairman of Dáil Éireann.

What it regulates

  • The payment of pensions to former Deputy Chairmen of Dáil Éireann.
  • The calculation of pension amounts for these individuals, including periods served.
  • Adjustments to existing pensions for widows of individuals who held the office of Deputy Chairman of Dáil Éireann.

Who it concerns

  • Persons who have held the office of Deputy Chairman of Dáil Éireann.
  • Widows receiving pensions related to a person who held the office of Deputy Chairman of Dáil Éireann.

Key points

  • The definition of "secretarial office" in the Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act, 1938, is expanded to include the office of Deputy Chairman of Dáil Éireann.
  • This change applies whether a person ceased to hold the office of Deputy Chairman of Dáil Éireann before or after July 24, 1972.
  • For widows already receiving a pension, the amount will be adjusted as if this amendment had been in force when the person died.
  • This Act is to be read together with the Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Acts, 1938 to 1968, and collectively cited as the Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Acts, 1938 to 1972.
Legal text
Legal text

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(1)For the purpose of enabling pensions to be paid to or in respect of persons ceasing to hold, whether before or after the passing of this Act, the office of Deputy Chairman of Dáil Éireann, and for the purpose of enabling, where it would be appropriate, the period during which a person who has held that office (whether he ceases to hold that office before or after the passing of this Act), or a period equal to half that period, to be taken into account in determining the amount of a pension payable either to or in respect of him under the Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act, 1938 , section 13
(1)of that Act is hereby amended by the substitution of “an office which is either the office of Deputy Chairman of Dáil Éireann or the office of Parliamentary Secretary” for “the office of Parliamentary Secretary” in the definition of “secretarial office”.
(2)In applying section 16
(3)of the Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act, 1938 (inserted by section 11 of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1968 ) in relation to a pension payable because, and only because, a person held the office of Deputy Chairman of Dáil Éireann, the reference in that section to a Parliamentary Secretary shall be construed as a reference to the Deputy Chairman of Dáil Éireann.
(3)Where— (
  1. a)a widow is in receipt of a pension under section 20 of the Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act, 1938 , on the date of the passing of this Act, and (
  2. b)the person in respect of whom the pension is payable had held the office of Deputy Chairman of Dáil Éireann, as from the passing of this Act, the amount payable on foot of the pension shall be the amount which would have been so payable if subsection
(1)of this section had been in force on the date on which the person died. Short title and collective citation. 2.—
(1)This Act may be cited as the Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act, 1972.
(2)The Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Acts, 1938 to 1968, and this Act may be cited together as the Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Acts, 1938 to 1972. Privacy Statement Accessibility European Legislation Identifier (PDF) Open Data License Ráiteas Príobháideachais Inrochtaineacht Aitheantóir Eorpach Reachtaíochta (ELI) Ceadúnas Sonraí Oscailte Liosta Fianán © Government of Ireland. Oireachtas Copyright Material is reproduced with the permission of the Houses of the Oireachtas © Rialtas na hÉireann. Atáirgtear ábhar faoi Chóipcheart le cead ó Thithe an Oireachtais

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