Superannuation and Pensions Act, 1929
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Pensions to widows of pensioners under section 5 of the Principal Act. |
3.—(1) The Minister may by order authorise the grant of pensions, allowances, or gratuities to widows to whom this section applies and may by any such order regulate and appoint the rates and scales of such pensions, allowances, and gratuities, and the conditions under which the same are to be payable. | |
(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 payment thereof shall have been voted by the Oireachtas. | ||
(4) This section applies to a widow— | ||
(a) whose deceased husband was at the date of his death in receipt of a pension granted by virtue of section 5 of the Principal Act or of that section as amended by this Act, and | ||
(b) whose marriage to such deceased husband took place while he was serving in the Royal Irish Constabulary, and | ||
(c) who is not eligible for a pension, gratuity or other allowance under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1923, or the Army Pensions Acts, 1923 and 1927, or in respect of her deceased husband's service (if any) in the Gárda Síochána. | ||
(5) This section also applies to a widow— | ||
(a) whose deceased husband resigned or was dismissed from the Royal Irish Constabulary on or after the 1st day of April, 1916, and before the 6th day of December, 1921, and died before the passing of the Principal Act and is the subject of a certificate given (before or after the passing of this Act) under and in accordance with section 5 of the Principal Act and in the opinion of the Committee of Inquiry mentioned in section 2 of this Act resigned or was dismissed from the Royal Irish Constabulary because of his national sympathies, and | ||
(b) whose marriage to such deceased husband took place while he was serving in the Royal Irish Constabulary, and | ||
(c) who is not eligible for a pension, gratuity or other allowance under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1923, or the Army Pensions Acts, 1923 and 1927, or in respect of her deceased husband's service (if any) in the Gárda Síochána. | ||
(6) This section also applies to a widow— | ||
(a) whose deceased husband died before the passing of this Act and would, if he had survived the passing of this Act, have been qualified for the grant of a pension under section 2 of this Act, and | ||
(b) whose marriage to such deceased husband took place while he was serving in the Royal Irish Constabulary, and | ||
(c) who is not eligible for a pension, gratuity or other allowance under the Superannuation Acts, 1834 to 1923, or the Army Pensions Acts, 1923 and 1927, or in respect of her deceased husband's service (if any) in the Gárda Síochána. | ||
(7) (a) A pension or allowance granted to a widow to whom this section is applied by sub-section (4) of this section may commence from the end of the last period in respect of which her deceased husband's pension was paid. | ||
(b) A pension or allowance granted to a widow to whom this section is applied by sub-section (5) of this section may commence from the passing of the Principal Act. | ||
(c) A pension or allowance granted to a widow to whom this section is applied by sub-section (6) of this section may commence from the passing of this Act. |