Industrial Research and Standards Act, 1961

Officers and servants of the Institute.

34.—(1) The Institute shall appoint such and so many persons to be officers and servants of the Institute as the Institute from time to time thinks proper, but, subject to subsection (2) of this section, a person shall not be appointed under this section to be an officer of the Institute unless he has been selected by means of a public competition.

(2) The requirement under subsection (1) of this section of being selected by means of a public competition shall not apply in relation to—

(a) an office to which appointments are made for limited periods only, being periods not exceeding two years, or

(b) an appointment consisting of the promotion of a person who is already an officer of the Institute, other than an officer holding an office to which paragraph (a) of this subsection relates.

(3) The Institute shall from time to time determine the numbers, grades, remuneration, tenure of office and conditions of service of the members of the staff of the Institute.

(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section—

(a) the Minister may designate not more than two offices in the service of the Institute as offices of special responsibility,

(b) a person shall not be appointed to an office so designated save with the consent of the Minister,

(c) the remuneration, tenure of office and conditions of service of a person appointed to an office so designated shall be determined from time to time by the Minister subject to the approval of the Minister for Finance.

(5) No person shall be appointed to an office or situation in a clerical grade on the staff of the Institute unless, in the opinion of the Board, such person possesses a competent knowledge of Irish, and in making any other appointment to the said staff preference shall be given to a person who, in the opinion of the Board, possesses a competent knowledge of Irish.

(6) An officer or servant of the Institute appointed under section 31 of the Act of 1946 shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act to have been appointed under this section and shall have the same remuneration, tenure of office, conditions of service and superannuation rights as he had immediately before the commencement of this Act.