(2) In this section— means interest, sinking fund charges, amounts due in respect of “debt charges” repayment or amortisation of debt, and other expenditure incurred in connection with the raising of loans on the security of the revenue of the State or the Consolidated Fund; means service in a public office but does not include service “eligible service” in a naval, military or air force; and means pensions, compensation, gratuities or other like “pension benefits” payments payable to persons in respect of their eligible service or to their spouses, dependents, or personal representatives in respect of that service.
(2) In this section— “debt charges” means interest, sinking fund charges, amounts due in respect of repayment or amortisation of debt, and other expenditure incurred in connection with the raising of loans on the security of the revenue of the State or the Consolidated Fund; “eligible service” means service in a public office but does not include service in a naval, military or air force; and “pension benefits” means pensions, compensation, gratuities or other like payments payable to persons in respect of their eligible service or to their spouses, dependents, or personal representatives in respect of that service.