S.I. No. 684/2016 - Sport Ireland Employee Superannuation Scheme 2015.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 31st March, 2017.

Sport Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 25 of the Sport Ireland Act 2015 (No. 15 of 2015), with the approval of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport and the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, hereby makes the following scheme:

1. (1) This Scheme may be cited as the Sport Ireland Employee Superannuation Scheme 2015.

(2) This Scheme comes into operation on 1st Oct 2015.

2. The Rules set out in the Schedule to the Rules for Pre-existing Public Service Pension Scheme Members Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 582 of 2014 ) are adopted as a scheme for the granting of superannuation benefits to or in respect of members of the staff, including the Chief Executive, of Sport Ireland.

SPORT IRELAND EMPLOYEE SUPERANNUATION SCHEME 2015

The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport approves the foregoing Scheme.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

21 November 2016.

SHANE ROSS,

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport.

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform consents to the making of the foregoing scheme.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

21 November 2016.

PASCHAL DONOHOE,

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

SPORT IRELAND EMPLOYEE SUPERANNUATION SCHEME 2015.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of Sport Ireland,

21 November 2016.

KIERAN MULVEY,

Chairperson.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

The purpose of these Regulations is to adopt the Rules set out in the Schedule to the Rules for Pre-existing Public Service Pension Scheme Members Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 582 of 2014 ) as a scheme for the granting of superannuation benefits to or in respect of members of the staff of Sport Ireland, including the Chief Executive, who are not members of the Single Public Service Pension Scheme.