Superannuation Act, 1936

Superannuation position of Quit Rent Office staff.

20.—(1) Every person serving in the civil service of Saorstát Eireann during the period or any part of the period which began on the 1st day of April, 1923, and ended on the 31st day of March, 1926, whose service during that period or any part thereof was rendered in the Quit Rent Office but whose salary in respect of that period, or the portion thereof during which he was so rendering service in the said office, was not in fact charged against or paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, shall nevertheless be deemed for the purposes of the Superannuation Acts to have been paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas within the meaning of section 17 of the Superannuation Act, 1859 , during the said period or the said portion thereof, as the case may be.

(2) This section shall have and be deemed always to have had effect as on and from the 1st day of April, 1923, and shall accordingly operate to validate any superannuation allowance, gratuity, or other benefit granted under the Superannuation Acts before the passing of this Act to or in respect of any person who retired from or died while in the civil service of Saorstát Eireann before such passing which would have been valid if this section had been in force when such superannuation allowance, gratuity, or other benefit was so granted and also to validate any payment made before such passing on account of any such superannuation allowance, gratuity, or other benefit.