Arts Act, 1973

Advisory Committees.

11.—(1) The Council may establish any or all of the following:

(a) a committee to advise on painting, sculpture and architecture,

(b) a committee to advise on music,

(c) a committee to advise on the drama, literature and the cinema.

(2) A committee established pursuant to this section (in this section subsequently referred to as an advisory committee) shall advise the Council on any matter (being a matter on which knowledge and experience of a branch of the arts in relation to which the advisory committee is established has a bearing) on which their advice is requested.

(3) An advisory committee shall consist of a Chairman, who shall be a person who is for the time being a member of the Council, and eight ordinary members and, subject to subsection (7) of this section, the members of the advisory committee shall hold office for such term as shall be determined by the Council on the occasion of their appointment.

(4) In appointing members of an advisory committee the Council shall, so far as practicable, ensure that the committee is representative of the interest throughout the State in the branch or branches of the arts, as the case may be, in relation to which the committee is established.

(5) The Council may fill a casual vacancy occurring amongst the members of an advisory committee.

(6) Where a person who is chairman of an advisory committee ceases during his term of office as such chairman to be a member of the Council he shall also cease to be a member of the advisory committee.

(7) Each of the members of an advisory committee shall cease to hold office on the day which precedes the day on which the Taoiseach next makes appointments under paragraph 4 (1) (a) of the Schedule to the Principal Act.

(8) The Council may at any time—

(a) remove a member of an advisory committee from office,

(b) dissolve an advisory committee.