S.I. No. 143/1993:

OIREACHTAS (ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1993.

OIREACHTAS (ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1993.

I, BERTIE AHERN, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Act, 1962 (No. 32 of 1962), hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Regulations, 1993.

(2) The Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Regulations, 1963 to 1992, and these Regulations may be cited together as the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Regulations, 1963 to 1993.

(3) These Regulations shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1993.

2. The Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) Regulations, 1963 ( S.I. No. 4 of 1963 ) are hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (a) of Regulation 4 (inserted by the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Regulations, 1992 ( S.I. No. 142 of 1992 )) of the following paragraph:

"(a) the contribution shall be payable in respect of all or any of the following which are notified by a member to the appropriate authority:

(i) calls made from a particular telephone number designated by the member,

(ii) calls made from a mobile telephone number designated by the member, and

(iii) calls made from another telephone number designated by the member provided that number is used exclusively for the transmission and receipt of facsimile documents and is certified as such by the member,".

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 31st day of May, 1993.

BERTIE AHERN,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

Under arrangements introduced in 1992 (S.I. 142 of 1992) members of the Oireachtas may, subject to certain conditions and limitations, be paid a contribution towards the cost of telephone calls made otherwise than from Leinster House. These Regulations allow members to nominate a mobile telephone for this purpose, thus increasing the number of telephones which may be nominated by members from two to three.