Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Act 2003
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Staff of Foundation. |
19.—(1) The Foundation may appoint such number of persons to be members of the staff of the Foundation as it may determine, with the consent of the Minister given with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance. | |
(2) The staff of the Foundation shall be paid such remuneration and allowances and shall hold their employment on such terms and conditions as the Board shall, with the consent of the Minister given with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance, determine. | ||
(3) Where a member of the staff of the Foundation— | ||
(a) is nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann, | ||
(b) is elected as a member of either House of the Oireachtas or a representative in the European Parliament, or | ||
(c) is regarded, pursuant to section 19 of the European Parliament Elections Act 1997 as having been elected to the European Parliament to fill a vacancy, | ||
he or she shall thereupon stand seconded from his or her employment with the Foundation and shall not be paid by, or be entitled to receive from the Foundation, remuneration or allowances in respect of the period commencing on such nomination or election, or when he or she is so regarded as having been elected (as the case may be), and ending when he or she ceases to be a member of that House or a representative in that Parliament. | ||
(4) A person who is for the time being entitled under the Standing Orders of either House of the Oireachtas to sit therein or who is a representative in the European Parliament shall, while he or she is so entitled or is such a representative, be disqualified from becoming a member of the staff of the Foundation. | ||
(5) This section shall come into operation on such day as the Minister may appoint by order. |