Credit Review Act 2026
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Superannuation | ||
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16. (1) The Service shall, subject to subsection (2), as soon as may be after the establishment day, with the approval of the Minister and the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, make a scheme or schemes for the granting of superannuation benefits to or in respect of the Credit Reviewer or such other members of the staff of the Service as it considers appropriate. | ||
(2) A scheme under this section shall not provide for the granting of superannuation benefits to or in respect of any person where the Single Public Service Pension Scheme applies to or in respect of that person by virtue of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 . | ||
(3) A scheme under this section shall fix the time and conditions of retirement of all persons to or in respect of whom superannuation benefits are payable under the scheme or schemes and different times and conditions may be fixed in respect of different classes of persons. | ||
(4) The Service may, with the approval of the Minister and the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, make a scheme amending or revoking a scheme under this section including a scheme under this subsection. | ||
(5) A scheme or an amending scheme under this section shall be carried out by the Service in accordance with its terms. | ||
(6) If any dispute arises as to the claim of any person to, or the amount of, any superannuation benefit pursuant to a scheme under this section, such dispute shall be submitted to the Minister who shall refer it to the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, whose decision shall be final. | ||
(7) No superannuation benefits shall be granted by the Service to or in respect of any of its staff (including the Credit Reviewer) who are members of a scheme under this section, nor shall any other arrangement be entered into for the provision of any superannuation benefit to such persons on their ceasing to hold office, other than in accordance with such scheme or schemes submitted and approved under this section or an arrangement approved by the Minister with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation. | ||
(8) A scheme under this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as practicable after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the scheme is passed by either such House within the next 21 days on which that House has sat after the scheme is laid before it, the scheme shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder. | ||
(9) Subsection (8) shall, with all necessary modifications, apply to an amendment to a scheme under this section as it applies to a scheme under this section. | ||
(10) In this section, “superannuation benefit” means a pension, gratuity or other allowance payable on retirement, resignation or death. |