S.I. No. 98/2017 - Digital Hub Development Agency Superannuation Scheme 2017.

1. (1) This Scheme may be cited as the Digital Hub Development Agency Superannuation Scheme 2017.

(2) This Scheme comes into operation on 31 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, of the Digital Hub Development Agency.

The Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment approves the foregoing Scheme.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

27 March 2017.

DENIS NAUGHTEN,

Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment.

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

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

29 November 2016.

PASCAL DONOHOE,

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Digital Hub Development Agency,

2 February 2017.

PAUL HOLDEN,

Chairperson of Digital Hub Development Agency.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

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 or in respect of members of the staff of the Digital Hub Development Agency, including the Chief Executive, who are not members of the Single Public Service Pension Scheme.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

31

st March

, 2017.

The Digital Hub Development Agency, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by

section 21

of the

Digital Hub Development Agency Act, 2003

(No. 23 of 2003), with the approval of the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment and the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, hereby makes the following scheme