The Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act 1938 (as amended by the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act 1992 and by the Ministerial, Parliamentary and Judicial Offices and Oireachtas Members (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001) is amended -
(a) in section 13A(7)(a)(i), by inserting "subject to subsection (9)," before "in case",
(b) in section 13A by inserting the following after subsection (8):
"(9) On application for a pension under this section to the Minister for Finance, by a person whose entitlement to the pension arose on or after the date of commencement of this section, the pension is payable as of and from a date that the Minister for Finance may determine in writing that is -
(a) not earlier than the date of entitlement, and
(b) not later than the date of the application.",
(c) in section 13AA(1), by substituting the following for paragraphs (a) and (b):
"(a) the person has completed not less than 2 years of ministeri
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