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Deputy county managers.
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15.—(1) If and whenever the county manager is on vacation or is, through illness, absence from his county, or suspension from performance of his duties, temporarily incapable of executing the functions of his office, a deputy county manager may be appointed under this section for the duration of such vacation or incapacity, but may be removed under this section at any time during such vacation or incapacity.
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(2) Where a county manager is on vacation and also where a county manager is so incapable as aforesaid and such incapacity is due to absence from his county, the power of appointing a deputy county manager may be exercised by such county manager, after consultation with the chairman of the county council, before and in contemplation of such vacation or such incapacity (as the case may be), but in every other case, that is to say, where a county manager is so incapable as aforesaid owing to illness or suspension and also where a county manager is on vacation or is so incapable as aforesaid owing to absence from his county and a deputy county manager is not appointed under this section before such vacation or incapacity or, having been so appointed, is removed under this section or dies or resigns during such vacation or incapacity, the power of appointing a deputy county manager under this section shall be exercisable at any time during such vacation or incapacity only by the chairman of the county council or, in the case of grouped counties, by the chairman of the council of such one of those counties as the Minister shall direct.
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(3) In every case the power of removing a deputy county manager under this section shall be exercisable only by the Minister or by the chairman of the county council with the consent of the Minister.
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(4) A deputy county manager shall, during the continuance of the vacation or incapacity on account of which he is appointed or until he is sooner removed under this section or dies or resigns, have all the powers and shall execute and perform all the functions and duties of a county manager, and for that purpose all references in this Act to a county manager (other than the references to a county manager in this section and the references in this Act to the appointment, tenure of office, and removal of a county manager) shall be construed as including a deputy county manager.
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(5) Whenever a deputy county manager is appointed under this section for each of two grouped counties, one and the same person shall be appointed to be the deputy county manager for each of those counties, and whenever a deputy city manager is appointed for the county borough of Dublin and a deputy county manager is appointed under this section for the county of Dublin, one and the the same person shall be appointed to be such deputy city manager and to be such deputy county manager.
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(6) Every deputy county manager for a county shall be paid by the council of such county such remuneration (if any) as such council shall, with the approval of the Minister, determine.
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