Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 63:

In page 31, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following subsection:

"(3) For the purpose of pension entitlements, a period of full-time service spent outside the State under this section, shall be a reckonable period of service.".

Currently, a garda who resigns and takes up a full-time position with Interpol gives up his or her pension entitlement. We should encourage members of the Garda Síochána to compete for positions at this level. This amendment is designed to do that.