Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Act 2003

Amendment of Act of 1993.

35.—The Act of 1993 is amended—

(a) in section 6(1) by substituting the following for paragraph (b) (as amended by the Act of 1998):

“(b) to advise on the development and co-ordination of policy for Enterprise Ireland, IDA and Science Foundation Ireland and such other bodies (established by or under statute) as the Minister may by order designate,”,

(b) in section 6(1) by substituting the following for paragraph (e) (as amended by the Act of 1998):

“(e) to advise and co-ordinate Enterprise Ireland, IDA and Science Foundation Ireland in relation to their functions.”,

(c) in section 9(1) (as amended by the Act of 1998) by inserting “, IDA or Science Foundation Ireland” for “or IDA”,

(d) in section 9(3) (as amended by the Act of 1998) by substituting “Forfás, Enterprise Ireland, IDA and Science Foundation Ireland” for “Forfás, Enterprise Ireland and IDA”,

(e) by substituting the following for section 11:

“Grants.

11.—(1) There may be paid by the Minister to Forfás, IDA, Enterprise Ireland and Science Foundation Ireland, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, grants of such amounts as the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, may sanction for—

(a) the administrative and general expenses of Forfás, IDA, Enterprise Ireland and Science Foundation Ireland, and

(b) the obligations and liabilities of Forfás, IDA, Enterprise Ireland and Science Foundation Ireland.

(2) The aggregate amount of grants made by the Minister to Forfás, and the agencies under subsection (1)(b) (other than grants to which section 14(3) of the Act of 1986 applies) shall not exceed €3,400,000,000.”,

(f) by substituting the following for section 12:

“Industrial incentives.

12.—(1) Without the prior permission of the Government, the total amount of money granted to a particular industrial undertaking under sections 21 (as amended by the Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Act 2003) and 22 of the Act of 1986 shall not exceed in the aggregate the higher of—

(a) €5,000,000, or

(b) €5,000,000 in excess of the aggregate amount of such grants for which the prior permission of the Government has previously been obtained.”,

(g) in the First Schedule by—

(i) substituting the following for paragraph 2(2) (as amended by the Act of 1998):

“(2) The Board of Forfás shall consist of not more than 13 members and the Board of IDA shall consist of not more than 12 members.”,

and

(ii) substituting the following for paragraph 3(1) (as amended by the Act of 1998):

“(1) On every anniversary of the establishment day, 2 of the members of the Board shall retire from office.”,

and

(h) in paragraph 2(2) (as amended by the Act of 1998) of the Second Schedule by substituting “IDA, Enterprise Ireland, National Standards Authority of Ireland or Science Foundation Ireland” for “IDA, Enterprise Ireland or the National Standards Authority of Ireland”.