Amendments Nos. 2 to 4, inclusive, are consequential on amendment No. 1. This amendment to section 3A of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act 1998 will provide an annual allowance to not more than three specified holders of the office of Minister of State who regularly attend meetings of the Government.
Amendment No. 2 is a drafting amendment to delete "Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2020" and substitute it with "Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act 2020". Amendment No. 4 relates to the Title and seeks in line 8 after "science" to insert "to amend section 3A of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Act 1998.
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Tellers: Tá, Senators Paul Daly and Seán Kyne; Níl, Senators Annie Hoey and Niall Ó Donnghaile.
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