Youth Work Act, 1997
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Membership of Advisory Committee. |
11.—(1) The number of members of the Advisory Committee shall be not less than 22 and not more than 24. | |
(2) The Minister shall appoint a chairperson of the Advisory Committee and at least one but not more than 3 persons to the Advisory Committee and, in so appointing, the Minister shall have regard to the desirability of such persons having knowledge of or experience in youth work. | ||
(3) In addition to the persons appointed under subsection (2), the Minister shall appoint a person of not less than the rank of principal officer in the Department of Education and at least one person who has been nominated to the Minister by each of the following— | ||
(a) the Minister for Enterprise and Employment, | ||
(b) the Minister for Social Welfare, | ||
(c) the Minister for Justice, | ||
(d) the Minister for Health, | ||
(e) the Minister for the Environment, | ||
(f) the Minister for Equality and Law Reform, | ||
(g) the Minister for Foreign Affairs, | ||
(h) the Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht, and | ||
(i) An Foras Áiseanna Saothair. | ||
(4) In addition to the persons appointed in accordance with subsections (2) and (3), the Minister shall appoint persons nominated by the organisation prescribed in accordance with section 22 (2) (a) and the number of persons so appointed shall be the same as the total number of persons appointed in accordance with subsection (3). | ||
(5) In making appointments to the Advisory Committee, the Minister shall ensure an appropriate gender balance, as determined by the Minister from time to time, among the membership thereof. | ||
(6) In order to achieve the gender balance required under subsection (5), the Minister may require that nominations made under subsection (3) and subsection (4) are made in accordance with such balance. | ||
(7) The Minister may require the organisation specified in subsection (4) to include in such nominations persons engaged in the provision of youth work programmes or youth work services in a voluntary capacity who are not employees of a prescribed national voluntary youth work organisation. | ||
(8) The Schedule shall apply to the Advisory Committee. |