Members' Salaries and Allowances

Synopsis: Members’ Allowances are provided for under the terms of the Assembly Members (Office and Staffing Costs and Allowances) Determination (Northern Ireland) 2025. Members' salaries continue to be provided for under the Part 1 of the Assembly Members (Salaries and Expenses) Determination (Northern Ireland) 2016. These Determinations are the basis on which Members are provided with the necessary resources to carry out their functions as a Member. They establish the level of travel allowances that will be paid to Members, enables Members to pay staff, and also to recover the costs incurred in running a constituency office to provide services to constituents such as purchasing equipment, rent, rates, utilities and other operating costs. The detail of Members' salaries and costs paid each year can be accessed from the links below.