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Uimhir 34.
ACHT AOIS-LIÚNTAS AGUS PINSEAN, 1923.
Suidheamh daoine a haistríodh o roinn phuiblí fé Dháil Éireann.
1.—(1) Má dhineann an tAire Airgid, laistigh de shé mhí tar éis rithte an Achta so, a dheimhniú i scríbhinn fé n-a láimh go raibh ar seilbh ag aon duine, roimh an 11adh lá d'Iúl, 1921, oifig sa tSeirbhís Shíbhialta a bunuíodh fé údarás Dháil Éireann agus, tar éis fónamh go leanúnach sa tSeirbhís Shíbhialta san, gur haistríodh é díreach o oifig sa tSeirbhís Shíbhialta san chun oifige i Seirbhís Shíbhialta an Rialtais Sheadalaigh a bhí ann le déanaí no Rialtais láithrigh Shaorstáit Éireann, tuigfar, chun crícheanna na nAchtanna Aois-líuntas, an duine sin do bheith ceaptha chun oifige i mbuan-tSeirbhís Shíbhialta Shaorstáit Éireann agus do bheith ag fónamh sa tSeirbhís sin ar dháta a cheaptha chun oifige sa tSeirbhís Shíbhialta a bunuíodh fé údarás Dháil Éireann agus ón dáta san amach, bíodh nách ar an gcuma a horduítear le hAlt 17 den Acht Aois-liúntas, 1859, a ceapadh é agus a soláthruíodh a thuarastal no a luach saothair.
(2) Le haon deimhniú a dheonfidh an tAire Airgid fén bhfo-alt san roimhe seo féadfar a ordú go ndéanfar, tar éis bháis no tar éis imeacht as an seirbhís phuiblí don duine le n-a mbainfidh an deimhniú san agus le linn bheith ag áireamh méid an aoisliúntais no aon liúntais no aisce eile a féadfar a dheona don duine sin no dá ionaduithe pearsanta dleathacha fé sna hAchtanna Aois-liúntas, oiread blian (a luadhfar sa deimhniú san) do chur mar bhreis ar an méid blian a fhónaig an duine sin agus is dó leis an Aire Airgid is ceart tar éis aois agus faid seirbhíse an duine sin do chur i bhfáth chó maith le nithe eile ina chás a bhaineann leis an scéal, ach gan an bhreis sin do dhul in aon chás thar cúig bliana: Ar choiníoll i gcomhnaí ná beidh teideal ag éinne, de bhua deimhniú fén alt so, chun aon liúntas ná aisce is mo ná an liúntas no an t-aisce maximum a bheidh orduithe do réir dlí de thurus na huaire.
(3) I ngach deimhniú a dheonfidh an tAire Airgid fén alt so neosfar an dáta ar ar dineadh an duine le n-a mbaineann an deimhniú san do cheapa chun oifige sa tSeirbhís Shíbhialta a bunuíodh fé údarás Dháil Éireann.
(4) Más gá, fé Alt 12 no Alt 28 den Acht Aois-liúntas, 1834, a dhéanamh amach cad ba mheán-tuarastal no meán-sochar oifige do dhuine 'na dtabharfar deimhniú ina thaobh fén alt so, agus an tréimhse gur chóir go n-áireofí an mheánacht san ar a feadh fé sna hailt sin, gur chuid di roinnt den aimsir a bhí an duine sin ag fónamh sa tSeirbhís Shíbhailta a bunuíodh fé údarás Dháil Éireann, áireofar an mheánacht san ar feadh tréimhse dar tosach an dáta ar ar haistríodh an duine sin chun Seirbhíse Síbhialta Shaorstáit Éireann in ionad na tréimhse a horduítear leis na hailt sin.
(5) San alt so cialluíonn an abairt “an tSeirbhís Shíbhialta a bunuíodh fé údarás Dháil Éireann” an tSeirbhís Shíbhialta a cuireadh ar bun mar an gcéad uair fé údarás na Dála a bunuíodh ina Rialtas do Shaorstát Éireann ag na baill a toghadh do dháilcheanntair in Éirinn agus a tháinig le chéile mar an gcéad uair i bPáirlimint a comóradh i dTigh an Ard-Mhéara i mBaile Atha Cliath an 21adh lá d'Eanair, 1919, Seirbhís Shíbhialta a coinníodh suas ina dhiaidh sin fé údarás na Dála san agus fé údáras a comharba an Dáil a bunuíodh ar an gcuma gcéanna ag baill a toghadh ar an gcuma gcéanna agus a tháinig le chéile mar an gcéad uair i bPáirlimint a comóradh sa Tigh Ard-Mhéara san roimhráite an 16adh lá de Lúnasa, 1921.
Ath-shuidheamh daoine a briseadh as an Seirbhís Shíbhialta ar chúiseanna polaitíochta.
2.—(1) Má dhineann an tAire Airgid, laistigh de shé mhí tar éis rithte an Achta so, a dheimhniú i scríbhinn fé n-a láimh gur thárla d'aon duine áirithe, roimh an 11adh lá d'Iúl, 1921, gur éirigh sé no gur briseadh é as Seirbhís Shíbhialta Ríocht Aontuithe na Breatain Móire agus na hÉireann a bhí ann le déanaí agus gur dineadh é d'ath-shuidheamh i Seirbhís Shíbhialta Shaorstáit Éireann laistigh de shé mhí tar éis rithte an Achta so, agus gur hath-shuidheadh amhlaidh é toisc gur ar chúiseanna polaitíochta amháin a dhin sé eirighe-as no a briseadh é mar adubhradh, féadfidh an tAire Airgid, leis an Deimhniú san, a ordú go ndéanfar, le linn tréimhse seirbhíse an duine sin d'áireamh chun crícheanna na nAcht Aois-liúntas, an tréimhse idir an dáta ar ar eirigh no ar ar briseadh an duine sin mar sin as Seirbhís Shíbhialta na Ríochta Aontuithe róimhráite agus an dáta ar ar dineadh é d'ath-shuidheamh mar adubhradh, go ndéanfar í do chur leis an tréimhse seirbhíse 'na bhfuil teideal ag an duine sin ar aon tslí eile chun í d'áireamh fé sna hAchtanna san.
(2) Má dhineann an tAire Airgid, laistigh de shé mhí tar éis rithte an Achta so, a dheimhniú i scríbhinn fé n-a láimh gur thárla d'aon duine áirithe, roimh an 11adh lá d'Iúl, 1921, gur éirigh sé no gur briseadh é as Seirbhís Shíbhialta Ríocht Aontuithe na Breataine Móire agus na hÉireann a bhí ann le déanaí agus, mara mbeadh a dhroch-shláinte, go ndéanfí é d'ath-shuidheamh i Seirbhís Shíbhialta Shaorstáit Éireann toisc gur ar chúiseanna polaitíochta amháin a dhin sé eirighe as no a briseadh é mar adubhradh, féadfidh an tAire Airgid a ordú leis an Deimhniú san go n-íocfar leis an duine sin, agus éifeacht do bheith ag an íocaíocht san ó pé dáta a ceapfar leis an Deimhniú san ach gan é do bheith roimh an 1adh lá d'Abrán, 1922, an t-aois-liúntas 'na mbeadh teideal ag an duine sin chuige fé sna hAchtanna Aois-liúntas dá n-imeodh sé as oifig mar gheall ar dhrochshláinte ar an dáta ar ar dhin sé éirighe-as no ar ar briseadh é mar adubhradh no ar pé dáta ina dhiaidh sin (nách déanaí ná an ladh lá d'Abrán, 1922) a ceapfar leis an Deimhniú san tar éis staid a shláinte i rith na tréimhse tar éis eirighe as do no tar éis a bhriste do chur i bhfáth.
(3) Más gá, fé Alt 12 no Alt 28 den Acht Aois-liúntas, 1834, a dhéanamh amach cad ba mheán-tuarastal do dhuine 'na dtabharfar Deimhniú ina thaobh fén gcéad fho-alt den alt so, agus, an tréimhse gur chóir go n-áireofí an mheánacht san ar a feadh fé sna hailt sin, gur chuid di aon aimsir roimh an dáta ar ar dineadh an duine sin d'ath-shuidheamh i Seirbhís Shíbhialta Shaorstáit Éireann, áireofar an mheánacht san ar feadh tréimhse dar tosach dáta an ath-shuidhimh sin in ionad na tréimhse a horduítear leis na hailt sin.
Ath-shuidheamh balla de Phóilíneacht Chathrach Bhaile Atha Cliath do briseadh mar gheall ar Chúiseanna polaitíochta.
3.—(1) Má dhineann an tAire um Ghnóthaí Dúithche, laistigh de thrí mhí tar éis rithte an Achta so, a dheimhniú i scríbhinn fé n-a láimh gur thárla d'aon bhall áirithe de Phóilíneacht Chathrach Bhaile Atha Cliath
(a) gur éirigh sé no gur briseadh é as an bhfórsa roimh an 11adh lá d'Iúl, 1921, agus
(b) gur hath-shuidheadh é sa bhfórsa tar éis an 6adh lá de Mhí na Nodlag, 1921, agus laistigh de thrí mhí tar éis rithte an Achta so, agus
(c) gurb é cúis gur hath-shuidheadh amhlaidh é mar gur ar chúiseanna polaitíochta amháin a dhin sé eirigheas no a briseadh é mar adubhradh,
tuigfar go raibh an ball san den phóilíneacht san as láthair ar saoirse gan págh ar feadh na tréimhse idir a eirighe-as no a bhrise agus a ath-shuidheamh mar sin agus chun na gcrícheanna a bhaineann le méadú págh agus le pinsean beidh sé i dteideal an tréimhse sin do chur le pé tréimhsí seirbhíse, roimh an eirighe-as no an brise sin agus tar éis an ath-shuidhimh sin, 'na mbeidh teideal aige ar aon tslí eile chun iad d'áireamh chun na gcríoch san.
(2) Chun crícheanna Alt 19 (2) d'Ordú Pinseana Phóilíneacht Chathrach Bhaile Atha Cliath, 1922, tuigfar go raibh ag fónamh mar bhall de Phóilíneacht Chathrach Bhaile Atha Cliath an 1adh lá de Mheadhon Fhoghmhair, 1918, aon bhall de Phóilíneacht Chathrach Bhaile Atha Cliath d'eirigh no a briseadh as an bpóilíneacht san roimh an 1adh lá de Mheadhon Fhoghmhair, 1918, agus 'na dtabharfar Deimhniú ina thaobh fén alt so.
(3) Ach amháin mar a foráltar a mhalairt san alt so bainfidh forálacha Ordú Pinseana Phóilíneacht Chathrach Bhaile Atha Cliath, 1922, le gach ball de Phóilíneacht Chathrach Bhaile Atha Cliath 'na dtabharfar Deimhniú ina thaobh fén alt so ar an gcuma gcéanna ina mbainfidís leis dá mbeadh sé ag fónamh mar bhall den phóilíneacht san i dtosach feidhme an Orduithe sin ach, in ionad na tréimhse a horduítear in Airtiogal 19 den Ordú san, gurb í tréimhse gur laistigh di a fhéadfidh ball den phóilíneacht san, dá ráinig bheith ina bhall di roimh an 1adh lá d'Iúl, 1919, an fógra san a thabhairt a horduítear leis an Airtiogal san, ná tréimhse an dá mhí a leanfidh dáta an Deimhnithe sin.
(4) Más gá, chun crícheanna pinsin, a dhéanamh amach cad ba mheán-tuarastal do bhall de Phóilíneacht Chathrach Bhaile Atha Cliath 'na dtabharfar Deimhniú ina thaobh fén alt so agus, an tréimhse gur chóir go n-áireofí an mheánacht san ar a feadh, gur chuid di an aimsir no roinnt den aimsir a tuigfar de bhua an ailt seo an duine sin do bheith as láthair ar saoirse gan págh, áireofar an mheánacht san ar feadh tréimhse a thosnuigh ar bheith caithte don aimsir a tuigeadh mar sin é do bheith as láthair ar saoirse gan págh.
Deonfar Pinsin &c. do bhaill den Roinn Taighde um Chuirpthigh, &c.
4.—(1) Má dheimhníonn an tAire um Ghnóthaí Dúithche i dtaobh aon duine atá no a bheidh fé aon díth de dheascaibh créachta
(a) go raibh an duine sin nuair a fuair sé an chréacht san ina bhall de chó-ghléasa le n-a mbaineann an t-alt so;
(b) gur le linn bheith ag có-líona a dhualgais mar bhall den tsórt san agus gan mór-fhaillí ná mí-íompar uaidh féin a fuair an duine sin an chréacht san; agus
(c) gur dineadh roimh dháta an deimhnithe sin an duine sin do scur as an gcó-ghléasa san toisc é do bheith neamh-infheadhma ann feasta do réir an dochtúra;
féadfidh an tAire roimhráite, má cheaduíonn an tAire Airgid é, pinsean no aisce créachta agus, más fear pósta é, pinsean breise do dheona don duine sin, díreach mar é siúd a fhéadfí a dheona don duine sin, fé Ailt 1 agus 2 den Acht Arm-Phinsean, 1923 (Uimh. 26 de 1923), dá mba oifigeach no saighdiúir é (pe'ca aca is gá sa chás)‘na bhféadfí pinsean no aisce créachta no pinsean breise do dheona dho fé sna hailt sin.
(2) Má dheimhníonn an tAire um Ghnóthaí Dúithche, i dtaobh aon duine a marbhuíodh no a marbhófar no a fuair no a gheobhaidh créacht agus a fuair no a gheobhaidh bás laistigh de thrí bliana tar éis an chréacht san d'fháil agus gurb í an chréacht san an t-éinní amháin fé ndéar a bhás
(a) go raibh an duine sin nuair a marbhuíodh é no a fuair sé an chréacht san, ina bhall de chó-ghléasa le n-a mbaineann an t-alt so; agus
(b) gur le linn bheith ag có-líona a dhualgais mar bhall den tsórt san agus gan mór-fhaillí ná mí-iompar uaidh féin a marbhuíodh an duine sin no a fuair sé an chréacht san;
féadfidh an tAire roimhráite, ná cheaduíonn an tAire Airgid é, liúntaisí agus aiscí do dheona do bhaintrigh, do chloinn, do chúram no do leath-chúram an duine sin, díreach mar iad súd a fhéadfí a dheona don bhaintrigh, don chloinn, don chúram no don leath-chúram san fé Alt 7 den Acht Arm-Phinsean, 1923, dá mbeadh an duine sin ina oifigeach no ina shaighdiúir (pe'ca aca is gá sa chás) 'na bhféadfí fén alt san liúntas no aisce do dheona dá bhaintrigh, dá chloinn, dá chúram no dá leathchúram.
(3) Gach pinsean a deonfar fén alt so tosnóidh sé ar an dáta ar ar dineadh no ar a ndéanfar an té dá ndeonfar é do scur as an gcó-ghléasa go raibh no go bhfuil sé ina bhall de, agus gach liúntas a deonfar fén alt so tosnóidh sé ó dháta báis an té 'na mbeidh an liúntas san iníoctha ina thaobh no o dháta ina dhiaidh sin a cheapfidh an tAire um Ghnóthaí Dúithche in aon chás áirithe.
(4) Bainfidh Ailt 5, 10, 11, 12, 13 agus 14 den Acht Arm-Phinsean, 1923, agus gach rialachán a dhéanfidh an tAire Cosanta fé Alt 6 den Acht san, bainfid le pinsin, liúntaisí agus aiscí a deonfar fén alt so ar an gcuma go mbainid na hailt agus na rialacháin sin le pinsin, liúntaisí, agus aiscí a deontar fén Acht san ach go gciallóidh an focal “Aire” sna hailt sin 5, 10, agus 11 an tAire um Ghnóthaí Dúithche agus go bhfolóidh an focal “Aireacht um Chosaint” san Alt san 12 an Aireacht um Ghnóthaí Dúithche.
(5) Baineann an t-alt so leis na có-ghléasanna armtha san a dhin an tAire um Ghnóthaí Dúithche, roimh rith an Achta so, a bhunú go speisialta chun órdathacht do chimeád no chun daoine no maoin do chosaint agus dá ngairmtear fé seach, an Roinn Taighde um Chuirpthigh, Fórsa Cosanta na Saoránach, agus an Fórsa Cosnamhach.
(6) Chun ráta aon phinsin chréachta no pinsin bhreise no méid aon liúntais no aisce a bheidh le deona fén alt so d'áireamh tuigfar go raibh ag an té dá ndeonfar an céanna, no ag an té gur ina thaobh a deonfar an céanna, an chéim sin sna forsaí a dheimhneoidh an tAire is mó deabhramh leis an gcéim a bhí ag an duine sin sa chó-ghléasa dar bhall é.
(7) Gach focal agus abairt a húsáidtear san alt so agus a húsáidtear san Acht Arm-Phinsean, 1923, leis, 'siad bríonna atá leo san alt so ná na bríonna atá leo fé seach san Acht san, ach go gcialluíonn an focal “créacht,” nuair a húsáidtear é i dtaobh baill de chó-ghléasa le n-a mbaineann an t-alt so, aon chréacht no díobháil a fuair an ball san agus é ag có-líona a dhualgais.
Deonfar pinsin, &c., do bhaill de Chonstáblacht Ríoga na hÉireann, a dhin eirighe-as no a briseadh mar gheall ar a mbáidh le hEirinn.
5.—(1) Féadfidh an tAire Airgid o am go ham le hOrdú a údarú go ndeonfar pinsin, liúntaisí, no aiscí do dhaoine d'éirigh no a briseadh as Constáblacht Ríoga na hÉireann an ladh lá d'Abrán, 1916, no ina dhiaidh sin, agus roimh an 6adh lá de Mhí na Nodlag, 1921, agus 'na ndeimhneofar fé lámhaibh na nAirí um Ghnóthaí Dúithche agus um Airgead gurbh í a mbáidh le hEirinn fé ndeár a n-eirighe-as no a mbrise, agus le haon ordú den tsórt san féadfa sé rátaí agus scálaí na bpinsean, na liúntaisí, no na n-aiscí sin, agus na coiníollacha fé n-a n-íocfar an céanna, do rialú agus do cheapa, agus féadfa sé, le haon Ordú den tsórt san, na pionóisí do leaga amach mar gheall ar aon chalaois i dtaobh aon iarratais ar aon phinsean, liúntas, no aisce den tsórt san.
(2) Ní thiocfidh i ngníomh aon Ordú a déanfar fén alt so mara ndéanfar ná go dtí go ndéanfar é do leaga fé bhráid gach Tighe den Oireachtas, agus é do mhola le rún a rithfidh Dáil Éireann, agus ag breithniú aon rúin den tsórt san di breithneoidh Dáil Éireann go cuibhe aon mhola a bheidh déanta roimh ré ag Seanad Éireann i dtaobh an Orduithe sin.
(3) Ní bheidh teideal ag éinne chun aon phinsean, liúntas ná aisce d'fháil fén alt so mara mbeidh airgead vótálta ag an Oireachtas chun é d'íoc.
Leasú ar Acht na bPinsean (Méadú), 1920, maidir le pinsin mhúinteoirí.
6.—(1) Chun a dhéanamh amach cá mhéid é an méadú pinsin 'na mbeidh teideal chuige, fé Acht na bPinsean (Méadú), 1920, ag aon phinsinéir le n-a mbaineann an t-alt so, tuigfar gur roimh an 4adh lá de Lúnasa, 1914, agus nách ina dhiaidh sin a dineadh an méadú a dineadh ar phinsean an phinsineura san le Rialacha Pinseana na Múinteoirí Eireannacha, 1914.
(2) Siad pinsinéirí le n-a mbaineann an t-alt so ná pinsinéirí atá, ar dháta rithte an Achta so, ag fáil pinsin fé Acht na Múinteoirí Scoile Náisiúnta (Éirinn), 1879, agus le n-a mbaineann Alt 1 d'Acht na bPinsean (Méadú), 1920.
(3) Aon mhéadú pinsin 'na mbeidh pinsinéir ina theideal de bhua an ailt seo tiocfa sé in éifeacht agus beidh sé iníoctha ón ladh lá d'Abrán, 1922.
(4) Ní bheidh aon mhéadú pinsin iníoctha de bhua an ailt seo i gcóir aon tréimhse a bheidh an pinsinéir gan bheith ina ghnáth-chomhnaí i Saorstát Éireann.
(5) Féadfidh an tAire Airgid, i dteanta na nithe a luaidhtear in Alt 4 d'Acht na bPinsean (Méadú), 1920, rialacháin do dhéanamh fén alt san chun a dhéanamh amach, chun crícheanna Cuid II. de Sceideal an Achta san, cá mhéid an méadú a déanfar ar oifig-shochar inphinsin aon phinsineura le n-a mbaineann an t-alt so.
Féadfar Cistí Bhórd na gCeanntar gCumhang d'fhógairt ina gciste puiblí.
7.—(1) Féadfidh an tAire Airgid a chinne le hordú aon uair tar éis rithte an Achta so, gur ciste puiblí, chun crícheanna an Achta Aois-liúntas, 1892, na cistí atá ar chur Bhórd na gCeanntar gCumhang.
(2) Má rithtear sa tSiosón so den Oireachtas Acht a scuirfidh Bord na gCeanntar gCumhang, bainfidh an t-alt so le haon chistí atá, no a bhí aon uair roimh scur Bord na gCeanntar gCumhang, ar chur an Bhúird sin.
Comhacht chun Ioncum na Breataine Móire no Thuaiscirt Éireann d'fhógairt ina chiste phuiblí.
8.—(1) Má dintar réiteach chuige sin le Rialtas na Breataine Móire no le Rialtas Thuaiscirt Éireann, féadfidh an tAire Airgid a chinne le hordú gur ciste puiblí, chun crícheanna an Achta Aois-liúntas, 1892, ioncum na Breataine Móire no ioncum Thuaiscirt Éireann (fé mar a bheidh).
(2) Le rialacháin a dhéanfidh an tAire Airgid fén Acht Aoisliúntas, 1892, agus fé alt 7 den Acht Aois-liúntas, 1909, féadfar, más gá é agus sa mhéid gur gá é do réir an réitigh dá dtagartar sa bhfo-alt roimhe seo, forálacha an Achta Aois-liúntas, 1892, d'atharú maidir leis an gcuma ina roinnfar na méideanna a bheidh le n'íoc as cistí agus cuntaisí defriúla.
Ní bheidh dul thar breith an Aire Airgid.
9.—Ní bheidh dul thar breith an Aire Airgid ar aon cheist a eireoidh i dtaobh baint aon ailt den Acht so le héinne no i dtaobh méid aon liúntais no aisce fén Acht so, no i dtaobh áireamh aon tseirbhíse i gcóir an liúntais no an aisce sin.
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10.—(1) Féadfar an tAcht Aois-liúntas agus Pinsean, 1923, do ghairm den Acht so agus féadfar na hAchtanna Aois-liúntas, 1834 go 1923, do ghairm díobh so le chéile: Ailt 1, 2, 8, 9, agus 10 den Acht so agus na hAchtanna Aois-liúntas 1834 go 1919.
(2) Léifear Ailt 1, 2, 8, 9 agus 10 den Acht so mar éinní amháin leis na hAchtanna Aois-liúntas, 1834 go 1919.
Number 34.
SUPERANNUATION AND PENSIONS ACT, 1923.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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Number 34.
SUPERANNUATION AND PENSIONS ACT, 1923.
Position of persons transferred from a public department of Dáil Eireann.
1.—(1) If the Minister for Finance within six months after the passing of this Act certifies in writing under his hand that any person held, before the 11th day of July, 1921, an office in the Civil Service established under the authority of Dáil Eireann, and having served continuously in that Civil Service, was transferred directly from an office in that Civil Service to an office in the Civil Service of the late Provisional Government or of the existing Government of Saorstát Eireann, such person shall, for the purposes of the Superannuation Acts, be deemed to have been appointed to an office in and to have served in the permanent Civil Service of Saorstát Eireann as on and from the date of his appointment to an office in the Civil Service established under the authority of Dáil Eireann notwithstanding that he was not appointed and his salary or remuneration was not provided in the manner prescribed by Section 17 of the Superannuation Act, 1859.
(2) Any certificate granted by the Minister for Finance under the foregoing sub-section may direct that when the person to whom such certificate relates shall die or retire from the public service, such number of years (to be specified in such certificate) as, having regard to the age, length of service and other relevant circumstances of such person, the Minister for Finance shall think proper, but not exceeding in any event five years, shall in computing the amount of superannuation allowance or other allowance or gratuity which may be granted to such person or to his legal personal representatives under the Superannuation Acts, be added to the number of years during which he may actually have served: Provided Always that no person shall by virtue of a certificate under this section become entitled to any greater allowance or gratuity than the maximum allowance or gratuity for the time being prescribed by law.
(3) Every certificate granted by the Minister for Finance under this section shall state the date on which the person to whom such certificate relates was appointed to an office in the Civil Service established under the authority of Dáil Eireann.
(4) Whenever it is necessary under Section 12 or Section 28 of the Superannuation Act, 1834, to calculate the average salary or emoluments of a person in respect of whom a certificate is given under this section, and the period over which such average should be calculated under those sections would include portion of the time during which such person was serving in the Civil Service established under the authority of Dáil Eireann, such average shall be calculated over a period commencing on the date on which such person was transferred to the Civil Service of Saorstát Eireann in lieu of the period prescribed by those sections.
(5) In this section the expression “the Civil Service established under the authority of Dáil Eireann” means the Civil Service which was first established under the authority of the Dáil Eireann constituted to be the Government of Saorstát Eireann by the members who were elected for constituencies in Ireland and who first assembled in a Parliament held in the Mansion House at Dublin on the 21st day of January, 1919, and which was subsequently maintained under the authority of that Dáil Eireann and of its successor the Dáil Eireann similarly constituted by members similarly elected who first assembled in a Parliament held at the Mansion House aforesaid on the 16th day of August, 1921.
Re-instatement of persons dismissed from the Civil Service for political reasons.
2.—(1) If the Minister for Finance, within six months after the passing of this Act, certifies in writing under his hand that any person resigned or was dismissed from the Civil Service of the late United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland before the 11th day of July, 1921, and has within six months after the passing of this Act been reinstated in the Civil Service of Saorstát Eireann, and has been so reinstated on the ground that he so resigned or was dismissed as aforesaid solely for political reasons, the Minister for Finance may by such Certificate direct that whenever the period of service of such person is being computed for the purposes of the Superannuation Acts, the period between the date on which such person so resigned or was dismissed from the Civil Service of the United Kingdom aforesaid, and the date on which he was reinstated as aforesaid, shall be added to the period of service which he is otherwise qualified to reckon under those Acts.
(2) If the Minister for Finance, within six months after the passing of this Act, certifies in writing under his hand that any person resigned or was dismissed from the Civil Service of the late United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland before the 11th day of July, 1921, and would but for his ill-health have been reinstated in the Civil Service of Saorstát Eireann on the ground that he so resigned or was dismissed as aforesaid solely for political reasons, the Minister for Finance may by such certificate direct that such person shall be paid, with effect from such date not being earlier than the 1st day of April, 1922, as may be fixed by such certificate, the superannuation allowance to which such person would have been entitled under the Superannuation Acts if he had retired on the ground of ill-health on the date on which he so resigned or was dismissed as aforesaid or on such later date (not being later than the 1st day of April, 1922) as, having regard to the state of his health during the period subsequent to his resignation or dismissal, may be fixed by such certificate.
(3) Whenever it is necessary under Section 12 or Section 28 of the Superannuation Act, 1834, to calculate the average salary of a person in respect of whom a certificate is given under the first sub-section of this section, and the period over which such average should be calculated under those sections would include any time previous to the date on which such person was reinstated in the Civil Service of Saorstát Eireann, such average shall be calculated over a period commencing on the date of such reinstatement in lieu of the period prescribed by those sections.
Re-instatement of members of the Dublin Metropolitan Police dismissed for political reasons.
3.—(1) If the Minister for Home Affairs shall within three months after the passing of this Act certify in writing under his hand that any member of the Dublin Metropolitan Police
(a) resigned or was dismissed from the force before the 11th day of July, 1921, and
(b) was reinstated in the force after the 6th day of December, 1921, and not later than three months after the passing of this Act, and
(c) was so reinstated on the ground that he resigned or was dismissed as aforesaid solely for political reasons,
such member of the said police shall during the period between his said resignation or dismissal and his said reinstatement, be deemed to have been absent on leave without pay, and shall for the purpose of increment of pay and for the purpose of pension be entitled to add such period to such periods of service before such resignation or dismissal and after such reinstatement as he is otherwise entitled to reckon for those purposes.
(2) A member of the Dublin Metropolitan Police who resigned or was dismissed from that police before the 1st day of September, 1918, and in respect of whom a certificate is given under this section shall for the purposes of Article 19 (2) of the Dublin Metropolitan Police Pensions Order, 1922, be deemed to have been serving as a member of the Dublin Metropolitan Police on the 1st day of September, 1918.
(3) Save as in this section otherwise provided the provisions of the Dublin Metropolitan Police Pensions Order, 1922, shall apply to every member of the Dublin Metropolitan Police in respect of whom a certificate is given under this section in like manner as it would have applied to him had he been serving as a member of that police at the commencement of the said Order save that the period within which a member of the said police who became a member thereof before the 1st day of July, 1919, can give the notice prescribed by Article 19 of the said Order shall be the period of two months next after the date of such certificate instead of the period prescribed in that Article.
(4) Whenever it is necessary for the purposes of pension to calculate the average pay of a member of the Dublin Metropolitan Police in respect of whom a certificate is given under this section, and the period over which such average should be calculated would include the time or portion of the time during which such person is by virtue of this section deemed to have been absent on leave without pay, such average shall be calculated over a period commencing at the expiration of the time during which he was so deemed to have been absent on leave without pay.
Grant of Pensions &c. to members of Criminal Investigation Department &c.
4.—(1) If the Minister for Home Affairs certifies in respect of any person who is or shall be suffering from any disablement due to a wound
(a) that such person was at the time he received such wound a member of an organisation to which this section applies;
(b) that such person received such wound while performing his duty as such member and without serious negligence or misconduct on his part; and
(c) that such person was, previous to the date of such certificate, discharged from such organisation as being medically unfit for further service therein,
the Minister aforesaid may with the sanction of the Minister for Finance grant to such person the like wound pension or gratuity, and, if a married man, the like further pension as could be granted to such person under Sections 1 and 2 of the 3 (No. 26 of 1923), if he were an officer or a soldier (as the case may require) to whom a wound pension or gratuity or a further pension could be granted under those sections.
(2) If the Minister for Home Affairs certifies in respect of any person who has been or shall be killed or who has or shall have received a wound and has or shall have died within three years after receiving such wound and solely in consequence thereof
(a) that such person was at the time he was killed or received such wound a member of an organisation to which this section applies; and
(b) that such person was killed or received such wound while performing his duty as such member and without serious negligence or misconduct on his part,
the Minister aforesaid may with the sanction of the Minister for Finance, grant to the widow, children, dependants or partial dependants of such person the like allowances and gratuities as could be granted to such widow, children, dependants or partial dependants under Section 7 of the Army Pensions Act, 1923, if such person were an officer or a soldier (as the case may require) to whose widow, children, dependants or partial dependants an allowance or gratuity could be granted under that section.
(3) Every pension granted under this section shall commence from the date on which the person to whom it is granted was or is discharged from the organisation of which he was or is a member, and every allowance granted under this section shall commence from the date of the death of the person in respect of whom such allowance is payable or from such later date as the Minister for Home Affairs shall in any particular case appoint.
(4) Sections 5, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 of the Army Pensions Act, 1923, and all regulations made by the Minister for Defence under Section 6 of that Act shall apply to pensions, allowances and gratuities granted under this section in the like manner as those sections and regulations apply to pensions, allowances, and gratuities granted under that Act save that the word “Minister” in the said Sections 5, 10 and 11 shall mean the Minister for Home Affairs, and the expression “Ministry of Defence” in the said Section 12 shall include the Ministry of Home Affairs.
(5) This section applies to those armed organisations specially raised, before the passing of this Act, by the Minister for Home Affairs for the maintenance of order or the protection of persons or property, under the respective designations of the Criminal Investigation Department, the Citizens' Defence Force, and the Protective Force.
(6) For the purpose of determining the rate of any wound pension or further pension or the amount of any allowance or gratuity to be granted under this section, the person to or in respect of whom the same is granted shall be deemed to have held the rank in the forces which shall be certified by the Minister for Home Affairs to correspond most closely to the rank held by such person in the organisation of which he was a member.
(7) All words and expressions used in this section which are also used in the Army Pensions Act, 1923, have the same meanings in this section as they respectively have in that Act, save that the word “wound” when used in relation to a member of an organisation to which this section applies means any wound or injury received by such member in the course of his duty.
Grant of pensions, &c., to members of the Royal Irish Constabulary, who resigned or were dismissed on account of their national sympathies.
5.—(1) The Minister for Finance may from time to time by Order authorise the grant of pensions, allowances, or gratuities to persons who resigned or were dismissed from the Royal Irish Constabulary on or after the 1st day of April, 1916, and before the 6th day of December, 1921, and whose resignations or dismissals from that force are certified under the hands of the Ministers for Home Affairs and Finance to have been caused by their national sympathies, and may by any such order regulate and appoint the rates and scales of such pensions, allowances, or gratuities, and the conditions under which the same are to be payable, and may by any such Order prescribe the penalties for any fraudulent conduct in relation to an application for any such pension, allowance, or gratuity.
(2) No Order made under this section shall come into operation unless and until it has been laid before each House of the Oireachtas, and approved by resolution of Dáil Eireann, and when considering any such resolution Dáil Eireann shall duly consider any recommendation which shall have been previously made by Seanad Eireann in respect of such Order.
(3) No person shall be entitled to receive any pension, allowance or gratuity under this section unless money for the payment thereof shall have been voted by the Oireachtas.
Amendment of Pensions (Increase) Act, 1920, in regard to teachers pensions.
6.—(1) For the purpose of calculating the amount of the increase of pension to which any pensioner to whom this section applies is entitled under the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1920, the increase made by the Irish Teachers' Pensions Rules, 1914, in the pension of such pensioner shall be deemed to have been made before and not after the 4th day of August, 1914.
(2) The pensioners to whom this section applies are pensioners who are at the date of the passing of this Act in receipt of a pension under the National School Teachers (Ireland) Act, 1879, and to whom Section 1 of the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1920, applies.
(3) Any increase of pension to which a pensioner becomes entitled by virtue of this section shall take effect and be payable as from the 1st day of April, 1922.
(4) No increase of pension shall be payable by virtue of this section in respect of any period during which the pensioner is not ordinarily resident in Saorstát Eireann.
(5) The Minister for Finance may, in addition to the matters mentioned in Section 4 of the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1920, make regulations under that section for determining for the purposes of Part II. of the Schedule of that Act the amount of the increase of pensionable emoluments of any pensioner to whom this section applies.
Funds of the Congested Districts Board may be declared a public fund.
7.—(1) The Minister for Finance may by order at any time after the passing of this Act determine the funds at the disposal of the Congested Districts Board to be a public fund for the purposes of the Superannuation Act, 1892.
(2) If an Act shall be passed during the present Session of the Oireachtas dissolving the Congested Districts Board, this section shall apply to the funds which are or at any time before the dissolution of the Congested Districts Board were at the disposal of that Board.
Power to declare the Revenue of Great Britain or of Northern Ireland to be a public fund.
8.—(1) The Minister for Finance may, if arrangements for the purpose are made with the Government of Great Britain or the Government of Northern Ireland, by order determine the revenue of Great Britain or the revenue of Northern Ireland (as the case may be) to be a public fund for the purposes of the Superannuation Act, 1892.
(2) Rules made by the Minister for Finance under the Superannuation Act, 1892, and under Section 7 of the Superannuation Act, 1909, may, if and so far as the arrangements referred to in the foregoing sub-section so require, vary the provisions of the Superannuation Act, 1892, as to the manner in which the amounts to be paid out of different funds and accounts are to be apportioned.
Decision of Minister for Finance to be final.
9.—The decision of the Minister for Finance on any question which may arise as to the application of any section of this Act to any person, or as to the amount of any allowance or gratuity under this Act, or as to the reckoning of any service for such allowance or gratuity shall be final.
Short Title.
10.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Superannuation and Pensions Act, 1923, and Sections 1, 2, 8, 9, and 10 of this Act and the Superannuation Acts 1834 to 1919 may be cited together as the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1923.
(2) Sections 1, 2, 8, 9, and 10 of this Act shall be read as one with the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1919.