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14. Contributions by public office holders.

(1) Part 2 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following Chapter after Chapter 5:

Chapter 5A Contributions by Public Office Holders

30A. Definitions.

In this Chapter -

‘public office holder’ means -

(a) the President,

(b) the holder of a qualifying office,

(c) a member of either House of the Oireachtas,

(d) a member of the judiciary,

(e) a military judge appointed under Chapter IVC of Part V of the Defence Act 1954 (amended by the Defence (Amendment) Act 2007),

(f) the Attorney General,

(g) the Comptroller and Auditor General,

(h) a member of a local authority (within the meaning of the Local Government Act 2001),

(i) a member of the European Parliament for a constituency in the State, being a member who is in receipt of the salary specified in section 2(2) of the European Parliament (Irish Constituency Members) Act 2009;

‘public body’ means -

(a) a Department of State,

(b) a local authority, or

(c) a body established by any enactment;