Superannuation and Pensions Act, 1963

Compassionate gratuities in certain cases.

3.—(1) (a) This subsection applies to the service of an employee of one or more contractors engaged on the continuing maintenance contracts of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, that is to say, contracts with respect to building work, electrical work, plumbing and gas-fitting work and painting work (excluding painting work on a measurement basis), being whole-time service required by virtue of such contracts and being service under the supervision of officers of those Commissioners.

(b) Service to which this subsection applies shall, if the Minister thinks fit, be deemed, for the purposes of section 4 of the Superannuation Act, 1887 , as amended by this Act, to be service which was in a public department and was remunerated entirely out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.

(2) (a) This subsection applies to the service of an employee of the Irish Land Commission whose remuneration is not paid entirely out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas but out of moneys at the disposal of the Irish Land Commission.

(b) Service to which this subsection applies shall, if the Minister thinks fit, be deemed, for the purposes of section 4 of the Superannuation Act, 1887 , as amended by this Act, to be service which was remunerated entirely out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.