44.— (1) All payments under this Chapter in respect of the service of Scheme members and deceased members and accrued under the Scheme shall—

(a) in respect of any Scheme member to whom section 20, 21, 22 or 23 applies, be paid out of the Central Fund or the growing produce of that fund by or on behalf of the Minister, and

(b) in any other case, be paid from funds provided by the Oireachtas for that purpose.

(2) Payments made under subsection (1) may include money amounts representing referable amounts that may be transferred to bodies specified in section 18(a).