Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 September 2014
58. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if changing the name of the Pensions Board to the Pensions Authority in March 2014 directly or indirectly amended statements made to Dáil Éireann, details supplied, by the then Minister for Social Welfare, Dr. Woods, on Second Stage of the Pensions Bill on 29 May 1990, Debates Vol. 399, No. 3. [33103/14]
View answerThe Pensions Authority was launched 7th March 2014 under S.I. No. 103/2014 - Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 (Sections 22(b), 26, 27, 28, 29 and 34) (Commencement) Order 2014.
The name change from the Pensions Board to the Pensions Authority did not directly or indirectly amend the statements recited in this PQ, which were originally made to Dáil Éireann at the second stage of the Pensions Bill on 29 May 1990 (Debate Vol. 399 No. 3).
The Pensions Authority retains all of the Pension Board’s functions under the Pensions Act, such as to inspect and investigate schemes and to prosecute offences. All references to the Pensions Board in the Pensions Act 1990 are to be read as references to the Pensions Authority.
