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Regional and other committees.
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6.—The Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion of the following section after section 10:
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“10A.—(1) An tÚdarás shall establish a committee (which is referred to in this Act as ‘a regional committee’) for each of the following areas:
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(a) the area comprising those parts of the Gaeltacht situated in the county of Donegal,
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(b) the area comprising those parts of the Gaeltacht situated in the counties of Mayo, Galway and Meath, and
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(c) the area comprising those parts of the Gaeltacht situated in the counties of Kerry, Cork and Waterford.
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(2) The members of each regional committee shall be the persons elected as members of an tÚdarás in accordance with Part IV of this Act for the constituency or constituencies, as appropriate, situated in the area of the regional committee concerned.
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(3) The quorum for a meeting of a regional committee shall be the lowest majority of the number of members of the regional committee concerned at the time of the meeting.
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(4) An tÚdarás may establish other committees to advise and assist it in relation to the performance of any of its functions and may, in relation to any such committee—
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(a) specify its functions,
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(b) regulate, or authorise it to regulate, its procedure,
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(c) determine its composition and appoint persons, including persons who are not members of an tÚdarás or of the staff of an tÚdarás, to be its members,
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(d) at any time remove any of its members from office, and
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(e) dissolve it.
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(5) (a) A member of a committee established under subsection (4) shall hold office for such term and subject to such other terms and conditions (other than terms and conditions relating to allowances for expenses) as an tÚdarás may determine when appointing the member.
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(b) A member of a committee established under subsection (4) shall be paid by an tÚdarás, out of moneys at its disposal, such allowances for expenses as are payable from time to time to a member of the Evaluation Committee.”.
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