James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 21:

In page 33, lines 27 to 32, to delete all words from and including “(1) The Authority” in line 27 down to and including line 32 and substitute the following: “(1) The Authority shall, with the approval of the Minister given with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, make a scheme or schemes for the granting of superannuation benefits to, or in respect of, a person—

(a) appointed chief executive who on such appointment is not, or does not become, a member of the Single Public Service Pension Scheme, or

(b) who, on becoming a member of staff of the Authority, is not, or does not become, a member of that Scheme.”.

Amendments Nos. 21 to 24, inclusive, are technical amendments following advice from the work of the pensions division of the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform.

Amendment No. 21 clarifies the position in the case of a person appointed as chief executive who is or becomes a member of the single public service pension scheme. Along with amendment No. 22, it provides that any superannuation scheme made or amended by the authority will be done with the approval of the Minister for Justice, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform.

Amendment No. 23 is a follow-up consequential amendment to section 26(4) clarifying that it is the Minister for Justice who approves the superannuation scheme.

Amendment No. 24 deletes section 26(5) regarding appeals relating to superannuation benefit, as section 26(6) already provides for a dispute resolution mechanism.

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