Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 32:

In page 11, line 10, after “authority” to insert “or the Local Government Management Agency”.

Amendment No. 32 is to provide for staff of the Local Government Management Agency who have been appointed as employees by Irish Water. These staff are members of the local government superannuation scheme and are treated as local authority staff for pension purposes but are not actual employees of a local authority.

Amendment No. 33 is required to clarify that Irish Water does not have financial liability for the past services of offices of the Minister or the local authorities other than the net effect of any increase in pensionable remuneration due to actions of Irish Water. The first part of amendment No. 34 relates to clarifying this same liability issue. The second part of amendment No. 34 is to address the case of the employees who were asked to resign from the local authority and were employed by Bord Gáis, now Ervia, on an interim basis until such time as Irish Water's defined benefit scheme was set up.

Amendment No. 35 is required to enable staff from Bord Gáis and Ervia who have taken up employment in Irish Water to remain in the Ervia defined benefit scheme.

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