Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

Section 38 sets out the arrangements for the transfer of the staff of the Commission for Taxi Regulation to the authority. The provisions of the section will support the continuation of the existing terms and conditions of employment held by the transferred staff. These include superannuation benefits which, under subsection (6) will not be less favourable than those to which they were entitled before the dissolution day for the Commission for Taxi Regulation.

The purpose of the proposed amendment to the definition of "previous services" is to make it clear that other services within the public sector will be reckonable for superannuation purposes. This allows the staff of the commission with previous service in the civil or public service to have this service taken into account or transferred for superannuation purposes.