Government amendment No. 44: In page 15, to delete lines 43 and 44, and in page 16, to delete lines 1 to 7 and substitute the following: “(8) Where, in the period beginning—(a) on the date on which a person was accepted into the employment of Irish Water in accordance with section 15, or (b) on the date on which a person was appointed under section 21, where such person was immediately prior to his or her appointment—(i) an officer of the Minister, or (ii) a member of the staff of a local authority,and ending immediately before the commencement of a scheme under this section, a superannuation benefit falls due for payment to or in respect of a person so accepted into the employment of Irish Water, or so appointed, the benefit shall be calculated and paid by Irish Water in accordance with such scheme, arrangements or enactments in relation to superannuation, as applied to the person immediately before the said date and, for that purpose, his or her pensionable service with Irish Water shall be aggregated with his or her previous pensionable service.”.