S.I. No. 76/2017 - Health Information and Quality Authority Superannuation Scheme 2017.


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 14th March, 2017.

The Health Information and Quality Authority, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 27 of the Health Act 2007 (No. 23 of 2007), with the approval of the Minister for Health 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 Health Information and Quality Authority Superannuation Scheme 2017.

(2) This Scheme comes into operation on 9th March 2017.

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 Officer, of the Health Information and Quality Authority.

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform consents to the approval of the foregoing Scheme.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

28 February 2017.

PASCHAL DONOHOE,

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

The Minister for Health approves the foregoing Scheme.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

3 March 2017.

SIMON HARRIS,

Minister for Health.

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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Health Information and Quality Authority,

9 March 2017.

SHEILA O’MALLEY,

Chairperson/authorised Officer.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

This Scheme may be cited as the Health Information and Quality Authority Superannuation Scheme 2017. 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 the Chief Executive Officer and staff of the Health Information and Quality Authority who are not members of the Single Public Service Pension Scheme.