There are a number of legislative provisions governing the payment of the allowances listed by the Deputy. Details of allowances payable in the categories specified by the Deputy, are set out in the table below. The cost if all such remuneration is claimed is estimated at €375,000. However, this figure does not take account of any individual arrangements whereby the allowance or portion thereof may be waived. In addition, section 6(2) of Oireachtas (Allowances to Members), Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices Act, 1998, states if a Member is eligible during any period to receive more than one of the allowances provided for in Section 3, 4 and 5 of the Act, only the higher or highest of those allowances shall be paid or payable to the member during that period. In relation to allowances payable to Chairpersons of Committees, the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members), Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices Act, 1998, in circumstances where a Chairperson is Chairperson of more than one Committee, they are only eligible to be paid one allowance.
Title of Allowance
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Allowance €
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Fianna Fáil Party Whip
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19,000
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People before Profit Whip
|
6,000
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Sinn Féin Party Whip
|
6,000
|
Socialist Party Whip
|
6,000
|
Assistant Government Whip
|
15,000
|
Fianna Fáil Party Assistant Whip
|
9,500
|
Fine Gael Party Assistant Whip
|
7,500
|
Labour Party Assistant Whip
|
6,000
|
Sinn Féin Party Assistant Whip
|
3,000
|
Deputy Leader of the House in Seanad Éireann
|
9,500
|
Government Whip in Seanad Éireann
|
6,000
|
Assistant Government Whip in Seanad Éireann
|
4,000
|
Fianna Fáil Leader in Seanad Éireann
|
9,500
|
Independent Group of Nominee Senators’ Leader in Seanad Éireann
|
6,000
|
Independent Group of University Senators’ Leader in Seanad Éireann
|
6,000
|
Fianna Fáil Whip in Seanad Éireann
|
6,000
|
Independent Group of Nominee Senators’ Whip in Seanad Éireann
|
4,000
|
Independent Group of University Senators’ Whip in Seanad Éireann
|
4,000
|
Members of the Oireachtas Commission
|
9,500
|
Chairpersons of Committees
|
9,500
|
Chairperson of Committee
|
3,100
|