Research and Innovation Act 2024
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Chapter 6 Staff of Agency | ||
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Staff of Agency | ||
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32. (1) The Agency may, with the approval of the Minister and the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, appoint such and so many persons to be members of the staff of the Agency as it from time to time considers appropriate. | ||
(2) The staff of the Agency shall be employed on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Agency from time to time subject to the approval of the Minister and the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform. | ||
(3) There shall be paid by the Agency to members of its staff such remuneration and allowances for expenses as may be approved from time to time by the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform. | ||
(4) Where a member of the staff of the Agency is— | ||
(a) nominated as a member of Seanad ireann, | ||
(b) elected as a member of either House of the Oireachtas or to be a member of the European Parliament, or | ||
(c) regarded pursuant to Part XIII of the Second Schedule to the European Parliament Elections Act 1997 as having been elected to that Parliament, | ||
he or she shall, thereupon, stand seconded from employment by the Agency and shall not be paid by, or be entitled to receive from, the Agency any remuneration or allowances for expenses 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 such person ceases to be a member of either such House or a member of such Parliament. | ||
(5) 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 member of the European Parliament shall, while he or she is so entitled or is such a member, be disqualified for employment by the Agency. | ||
(6) A period mentioned in subsection (4) shall not, for the purposes of any superannuation benefit, be reckoned as service with the Agency. |