Agricultural Credit Act, 1947
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Appointment to situations in the Corporation. |
55.—(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, appointments to situations in the service of the Corporation shall be made in accordance with such arrangements for securing the appointment of suitable and qualified persons as shall from time to time be determined by the directors, after consultation with the Commissioners, and such arrangements shall include— | |
(a) in the case of situations in the clerical grades, a provision prescribing, as an essential qualification for appointment, the possession of a knowledge of the Irish language of such a standard as the directors, with the concurrence of the Commissioners, may fix, | ||
(b) in the case of other situations, a provision for giving to suitable and qualified candidates, who possess a knowledge of the Irish language of a standard not less than that fixed by the directors, credit in respect of such knowledge. | ||
(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to— | ||
(a) appointments made in the ordinary course of promotion, or | ||
(b) appointments of casual employees, or | ||
(c) appointments of industrial workers, or | ||
(d) the hiring of persons to perform subordinate duties. | ||
(3) In this section— | ||
the expression “the directors” means the directors of the Corporation; | ||
the expression “the Commissioners” means the Local Appointments Commissioners appointed under the Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Act, 1926 (No. 39 of 1926). |