Research and Innovation Act 2024
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Transfer of certain members of staff of An t dar s | ||
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64. (1) The Minister may designate in writing such and so many of the members of the staff of An t dar s as he or she decides to be transferred to the Agency from such date as may be specified in the designation (in this section referred to as “the effective date”). | ||
(2) A member of the staff of An t dar s designated in accordance with subsection (1) shall become and be a member of the staff of the Agency from the effective date. | ||
(3) Save in accordance with a collective agreement negotiated with any recognised trades union or staff association, a person transferred pursuant to a designation under subsection (1) to the staff of the Agency shall be subject to such terms and conditions of service, including terms and conditions relating to tenure of office or remuneration, as are not less favourable than the terms and conditions of service (including those relating to tenure of office or remuneration) to which the person was subject immediately before the effective date. | ||
(4) In relation to persons transferred to the Agency in accordance with subsection (1), previous service with An t dar s shall be reckonable for the purposes of, but subject to any exceptions or exclusions in, the following: | ||
(a) the Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2022; | ||
(c) the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 ; | ||
(d) the Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts 1973 to 2005; | ||
(e) the Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2015; | ||
(f) the Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act 2003 ; | ||
(g) the Terms of Employment (Information) Acts 1994 to 2014; | ||
(h) the Maternity Protection Acts 1994 to 2022; | ||
(i) the Adoptive Leave Acts 1995 and 2005, together with the amendments of the Adoptive Leave Act 1995 in Part 2 of the Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2021 ; | ||
(j) the Parental Leave Acts 1998 to 2023; | ||
(k) the Carer’s Leave Act 2001 ; | ||
(l) the Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016 ; | ||
(m) the Parent’s Leave and Benefit Act 2019 . |