Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 17:

In page 19, after line 40, to insert the following:“ “NILGOSC member” means a public servant—

(a) who is a ‘‘Reserved Rights scheme Member’’, as that term is defined in Rule A10 of the North/South Pension Scheme, and

(b) to whom the terms of the scheme constituted by the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000, the Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 and the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 applied on 28 April 2005;”.

The provisions amend sections 27 and 30. The sections define the limited number of public servants who will be exempt from the additional superannuation contribution from 2019. The Bill provides for the exemption of "core" members of the North-South pension scheme which applies to the staff of the six North-South implementation bodies set up under the Good Friday Agreement and Tourism Ireland. In 2015 the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, the Northern Ireland Minister for Finance and the North-South Ministerial Council agreed that the "Hutton" reforms that applied to the UK public service would also apply to "core" members of the North-South pension scheme. The reforms included increased contribution rates and provided for revised career average retirement benefits from April 2015 onwards. There is one staff member who has "reserved rights" under the local government pension scheme of Northern Ireland. This member's pension terms incurred the same reforms that applied to "core" members. On that basis, the amendment will ensure this member is granted the exemption from the additional superannuation contribution.

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