Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Act 2014
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PART 8 Amendments to Other Acts | ||
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Amendment of Act of 1993 | ||
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37. (1) The Act of 1993 is amended— | ||
(a) in section 8, by substituting the following paragraphs for paragraphs (c) and (d): | ||
“(c) to administer such schemes, grants and other financial facilities requiring the disbursement of European Union funds and such other funds as may from time to time be authorised by the Minister with the agreement of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, and | ||
(d) to carry out such other functions as may from time to time be assigned to it by the Minister.”, | ||
(b) by inserting the following new section after section 9A (inserted by section 97 of the Consumer Protection Act 2007) — | ||
“Supply of information requested by the Minister | ||
9B. (1) The Minister may request information from an institution in relation to— | ||
(a) the matters specified in subparagraphs (a), (b) and (d) of Article 2(1) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 995/2012 of 26 October 20122 , and | ||
(b) research and development carried out by the institution where that institution is funded wholly or partly out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas. | ||
(2) An institution shall furnish any information requested from the institution under subsection (1) to the Minister in such form and at such time as the Minister specifies when making the request. | ||
(3) In this section ‘institution’ means any institute, university, college, laboratory, agency, office or service, whether under the control of a Minister of the Government or otherwise, which is wholly or partly engaged in research and development or any other activity related to science or technology.”, | ||
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(c) in paragraph 8 of the First Schedule, by substituting the following subparagraph for subparagraph (2): | ||
“(2) Each committee established by IDA under this Act shall provide IDA with such information as it may require for the purposes of its functions.”. | ||
(2) Section 9 of the Act of 2013 is repealed. | ||