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Membership of the Council.
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9.—(1) The Council shall consist of twenty-five members appointed in the following manner, that is to say—
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(a) one person appointed by each of the following bodies—
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(i) University College Cork,
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(ii) University College Dublin,
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(iii) University College Galway,
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(iv) the University of Dublin, and
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(v) the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland;
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(b) two other persons appointed by the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, of whom one shall be appointed to represent the surgical specialties, and the other shall be appointed to represent jointly the specialties of anaesthetics and radiology;
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(c) two persons appointed by the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, of whom one shall be appointed to represent the medical specialties, and the other shall be appointed to represent jointly the specialties of pathology, obstetrics and gynaecology;
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(d) one person appointed by the Minister after consultation with such body or bodies as, in his opinion, represent psychiatry;
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(e) one person appointed by the Minister after consultation with such body or bodies as, in his opinion, represent general medical practice;
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(f) ten fully registered medical practitioners engaged in the practice of medicine in the State of whom at least—
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(i) two shall be consultants in general hospitals not being consultant psychiatrists,
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(ii) one shall be a consultant psychiatrist,
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(iii) one shall be engaged in community medicine,
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(iv) one shall be engaged in hospital practice, other than as a consultant, and
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(v) two shall be general practitioners,
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appointed by election by fully registered medical practitioners; and
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(g) four persons appointed by the Minister, at least three of whom—
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(i) shall not be registered medical practitioners, and
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(ii) shall, in the opinion of the Minister, represent the interests of the general public.
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(2) The Minister may, by regulations made with the consent of the Council, vary the provisions of subsection (1) of this section.
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(3) Whenever the Minister proposes to make regulations pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, a draft of the proposed regulations shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas and the regulations shall not be made until a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each House.
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