Medical Practitioners Act, 1978

Membership of either House of Oireachtas by officer or servant of the Council.

20.—(1) Where a person who is either an officer or a servant in the employment of the Council becomes a member of either House of the Oireachtas—

(a) he shall during the period (in this section referred to as the secondment period) commencing on his becoming entitled under the Standing Orders of that House to sit therein and ending either when he ceases to be a member of that House or, if it should happen sooner, upon his resignation or retirement from such employment or upon determination of such employment by the Council, stand seconded from such employment,

(b) he shall not be paid by, or entitled to receive from, the Council any remuneration or allowance in respect of the secondment period,

(c) he shall not be entitled to reckon the whole or any part of the secondment period for any superannuation benefits payable under this Act.

(2) A person who is for the time being entitled under the Standing Orders of either House of the Oireachtas to sit therein shall, while so entitled, be disqualified from becoming an officer or servant of the Council.