Superannuation Act, 1936

Application of the Superannuation Acts to certain services.

24.—(1) Full-time service as an officer of, or as a member of the staff of, the Oireachtas, or as a member of the staff of the Comptroller and Auditor-General, the Revenue Commissioners, the National Library of Ireland, or the National Gallery of Ireland shall, if such service is wholly remunerated directly out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, be deemed, for the purposes of the Superannuation Acts, to be service in the civil service of Saorstát Eireann.

(2) The Minister may, if in his opinion the circumstances of the case so warrant, refuse to allow service in a post in which the holder is, by the terms of his appointment, only bound to render part-time service to be regarded for the purposes of this section as full-time service, notwithstanding that full-time service is in fact rendered.

(3) Moneys issued in accordance with section 10 of the Exchequer and Audit Departments Act, 1866 , may be regarded for the purposes of this section as being paid directly out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.

(4) This section shall have and be deemed to have had effect as from the establishment of Saorstát Eireann.