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Ordinary members.
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44.—(1) Of the ordinary members of the Authority—
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(a) two, one male and one female, shall be persons appointed on the nomination by such organisations representative of employees as the Minister considers appropriate,
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(b) two, one male and one female, shall be persons appointed on the nomination by such organisations representative of employers as the Minister considers appropriate, and
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(c) the remaining number shall be such persons as appear to the Minister to be persons who have knowledge of, or experience in—
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(i) consumer, social affairs or equality issues, including issues related to the experience and circumstances of groups who are disadvantaged by reference to gender, marital status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin or membership of the traveller community,
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(ii) issues related to the provision of goods or services, or
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(iii) such other subject-matter (including law, finance, management or administration) as appears to the Minister to be relevant to the issues to which the functions of the Authority relate.
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(2) Each ordinary member of the Authority shall be a part-time member and, subject to this Act, shall hold office for not more than 4 years on such terms and conditions as the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, may determine.
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(3) The Minister may at any time, for stated reasons, remove an ordinary member of the Authority from office.
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(4) Each ordinary member of the Authority shall be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas such expenses as the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, may sanction.
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(5) An ordinary member of the Authority may resign as such a member by letter addressed to the Minister and the resignation shall take effect on the date of the receipt of the letter by the Minister.
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(6) Where a casual vacancy occurs among any members of the Authority nominated as mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b), the Minister shall forthwith invite the organisation which made the nomination concerned to nominate a person (being a person of the same sex as the former member concerned) for appointment to fill the vacancy and the Minister shall appoint to fill the vacancy the person so nominated.
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(7) Where a person is appointed a member of the Authority to fill a casual vacancy, such member shall hold office for the unexpired period of offices of the person that he or she replaced as a member.
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