Oireachtas (Miscellaneous Provisions) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Bill, 1996

Public bill · Government · Presented

The measure updates payments and support available to members of the Oireachtas. It allows members living outside the Dublin area to claim an overnight accommodation allowance when attending parliamentary meetings, with limits for informal meetings in Leinster House, and permits funding for secretarial services and constituency telephone calls. It also allows the State to cover or reimburse certain injury compensation claims involving secretarial assistants employed by politicians or qualifying political parties. In addition, it changes annual, tax-free allowances for parties and independent TDs to support parliamentary work and research, while preventing their use for election expenses; it also confirms certain travel claims made by members in 1994.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Acts, 1938 to 1994, and the Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Acts, 1938 to 1992, and to provide for certain liabilities of or in respect of members of the Houses of the Oireachtas

Last updated 20 November 2019