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Consultants and advisers.
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35.—(1) The Board may, from time to time, engage such consultants or advisers as it considers necessary for the performance of its functions and any fees due to a consultant or adviser so engaged shall be paid by the Board out of moneys made available by the Oireachtas.
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(2) Any person may notify the Board in writing of his or her willingness to be engaged by the Board as a consultant or adviser and give to the Board particulars of his or her qualifications and experience, and the Board shall maintain a list of such persons.
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(3) The Board shall, in engaging a consultant or adviser under this section, have regard to the list maintained under subsection (2), but nothing in this subsection shall be construed as precluding the Board from engaging as a consultant or adviser a person whose name is not on the list.
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(4) The Board shall include in its annual report a statement of the names of the persons, if any, engaged pursuant to this section during the year to which the report relates.
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