Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 72:

In page 48, before section 56, to insert the following new section:56.--(1) A person referred to in section 55(1) who, immediately before the establishment day, was a member of a relevant superannuation scheme shall, on the establishment day, continue to be a member of such scheme in accordance with its terms and conditions.
(2) A pensionable public servant who--

(a) is not a member of the Single Public Service Pension Scheme, and
(b) is appointed under section 18 to be a member of staff of an education and training board, shall, on his or her appointment to the education and training board concerned, become and be a member of a relevant superannuation scheme in accordance with its terms and conditions.

(3) Nothing in this section prevents a relevant superannuation scheme being varied in accordance with its terms and conditions.
(4) In this section--

“pensionable public servant” shall be construed in accordance with Part 2 of the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012;
“relevant superannuation scheme” means--

(a) in the case of a person employed as a teacher, the Vocational Teachers' Superannuation Schemes within the meaning of Article 3(5) of the Vocational Education Superannuation Schemes (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1998 (S.I. No. 362 of 1998), and
(b) in the case of all other members of staff, the Education Sector Superannuation Scheme, within the meaning of Article 3(4) of the Education Sector Superannuation Scheme (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2001 (S.I. No. 14 of 2001).”.

This amendment provides for superannuation matters for education and training board staff. It provides that where a person, on establishment day, transfers from a VEC to an ETB, he or she will continue in their existing pension scheme. It also states that a pensionable public servant who moves into an ETB will become a member of their existing schemes unless, under the rules of the new Single Public Service Pension Scheme, he or she becomes a member of that scheme. The power to vary the scheme rules under the existing legislative provisions is also retained.