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Consultants and advisers
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10. (1) The Agency may engage such consultants and advisers as it considers necessary for the performance of its functions.
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(2) The Agency shall comply with any directions concerning the engagement of consultants and advisers which may from time to time be given to it by the Minister, given with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform.
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(3) Any remuneration due to a consultant or adviser engaged pursuant to this section shall, having regard to guidelines issued from time to time by the Minister or the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, be paid out of moneys at the disposal of the Agency.
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(4) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), persons with the required knowledge, experience and specialist skills in any field of activity or discipline of research and innovation may be engaged pursuant to this section to undertake the assessment of proposals for research and innovation contained in applications or investigating whether recipients of funding are in compliance with conditions of funding (in this Act referred to as “assessors”).
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