Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

These amendment are proposals for the superannuation section and take account of consultations with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Irish Water and the local authority sector. The agreed approach is that the Irish Water consultative group needs to be reflected in the legislation. It has been agreed that the pension benefits accruing to public servants transferring to Irish Water should be no better or no worse than had they remained in the employment of a Department or a local authority. It is an important part of the overall water sector reform that there are no barriers to the movement of staff from the local authorities to Irish Water. As I said, further amendments will be tabled on Report Stage tomorrow.