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PART 2
Vocational Education Committees
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Composition of vocational education committees.
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7.—The Principal Act is hereby amended by—
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(a) the substitution of the following section for section 8:
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“8. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a vocational education committee shall consist of the following members, that is to say—
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(a) 9 members elected by—
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(i) the council of the county borough being the borough vocational education area for which that committee is the vocational education committee, or
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(ii) the council of the county being or including the county vocational educational area for which that committee is the vocational education committee,
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as may be appropriate, from among the members of the council concerned,
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(b) in the case of a county vocational education area that contains one or more urban districts—
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(i) (in respect of council areas containing not more than 4 urban districts) 2 members elected by the council of each urban district within the county vocational education area concerned, whether members of the council concerned or not, or
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(ii) (in respect of council areas containing more than 4 urban districts) one member elected by the council of each urban district within the county vocational education area concerned, whether a member of the council concerned or not,
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(c) 2 members elected by parents of students who have not reached the age of 18 years and who are registered as students at recognised schools or centres for education established or maintained by the committee,
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(d) 2 members elected by members of the staff of the committee, and
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(e) 4 members appointed by the council of the county borough, being a borough vocational education area, or by the council of the county, being or including a county vocational education area, as may be appropriate, after consultation with persons elected under paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d), from among persons nominated by such bodies as, in the opinion of the council concerned, are representative of—
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(i) students,
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(ii) any class of trustees of community colleges maintained by the vocational education committee concerned,
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(iii) members of the staff of the vocational education committee (other than members of staff belonging to the same class of members of staff as either of the members elected under paragraph (d)),
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(iv) voluntary organisations, community organisations or Irish language interests, or
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(v) persons carrying on, in places within the vocational education area concerned, trades, professions or commercial or industrial activities.
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(2) The County Dublin Vocational Education Committee shall consist of the following members, that is to say—
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(a) 12 members elected by Fingal County Council, South Dublin County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council in accordance with an order under subsection (6)(a),
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(b) 2 members elected by parents of students who have not reached the age of 18 years and who are registered as students at recognised schools or centres for education established or maintained by that Committee,
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(c) 2 members elected by members of the staff of that Committee, and
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(d) 4 members appointed jointly by Fingal County Council and South Dublin County Council, after consultation with persons elected under paragraphs (a), (b) and (c), from among persons nominated by such bodies as, in the joint opinion of those councils, are representative of—
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(i) students,
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(ii) any class of trustees of community colleges maintained by the vocational education committee concerned,
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(iii) members of the staff of the vocational education committee (other than members of staff belonging to the same class of members of staff as either of the members elected under paragraph (c)),
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(iv) voluntary organisations, community organisations or Irish language interests, or
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(v) persons carrying on, in places within the vocational education area concerned, trades, professions or commercial or industrial activities.
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(3) Elections held pursuant to this section, shall be conducted in accordance with regulations made by the Minister, after consultation with—
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(a) the Irish Vocational Education Association,
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(b) in the case of regulations relating to the election of members of—
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(i) a vocational education committee in accordance with subsection (1)(a), or
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(ii) the County Dublin Vocational Education Committee under subsection (2)(a),
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the Minister for the Environment and Local Government,
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(c) in the case of regulations relating to the election of members of—
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(i) a vocational education committee in accordance with subsection (1)(c), or
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(ii) the County Dublin Vocational Education Committee in accordance with subsection (2)(b),
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national associations of parents, and
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(d) in the case of regulations relating to the election of members of—
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(i) a vocational education committee in accordance with subsection (1)(d), or
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(ii) the County Dublin Vocational Education Committee in accordance with subsection (2)(c),
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recognised trade unions and staff associations representing members of the staff of vocational education committees.
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(4) Regulations under subsection (3) may provide that both sexes shall be represented on a vocational education committee in such proportions as are specified in the regulations and, for that purpose, may include provisions for the establishment, in respect of elections to which this section applies, panels of candidates comprising women only and panels of candidates comprising men only from which persons shall be elected in accordance with those regulations.
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(5) The Minister may make regulations providing that members of both sexes shall be appointed to—
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(a) a vocational education committee under subsection (1)(e), or
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(b) the County Dublin Vocational Education Committee under subsection (2)(d),
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in such proportions as are specified in the regulations.
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(6) (a) The Minister shall make an order specifying the number of members of the County Dublin Vocational Education Committee that shall be elected by each council specified in subsection (2)(a), the aggregate of which shall be equal to the number specified in that subsection.
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(b) The Minister may by order amend or revoke an order under this subsection (including an order under this paragraph).
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(c) Every order under this subsection shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling such order is passed by either such House within the next 21 days on which that House has sat after the order is laid before it, the order shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.”,
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and
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(b) the substitution of the following section for section 12:
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“12.—If a member of a vocational education committee dies, resigns, ceases to be qualified for office and ceases to hold office, or is removed from office a person shall be elected or appointed, as may be appropriate, to fill the casual vacancy so occasioned, in the same manner as the member of the vocational education committee who occasioned the casual vacancy was elected or appointed, as the case may be.”.
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