Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1999

Membership of either House of Oireachtas or European Parliament of member of staff of an tÚdarás.

13.—The Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution of the following section for section 16:

“16.—(1) Where a member of the staff of an tÚdarás is—

(a) nominated as a member of Seanad éireann,

(b) elected as a member of either House of the Oireachtas or to be a representative in the European Parliament, or

(c) regarded pursuant to section 19 of the European Parliament Elections Act, 1997 , as having been elected to the European Parliament,

he or she shall thereupon stand seconded from employment by an tÚdarás and shall not be paid by, or be entitled to receive from, an tÚdarás any remuneration or allowances for expenses in respect of the period commencing on such nomination or election, or when he or she is so regarded as having been elected, as the case may be, and ending when he or she ceases to be a member of either such House or a representative in such Parliament.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), that subsection shall be construed as prohibiting the reckoning of a period therein mentioned as service with an tÚdarás for the purposes of any superannuation allowance.

(3) A person who is for the time being entitled under the Standing Orders of either House of the Oireachtas to sit therein or who is a representative in the European Parliament shall, while he or she is so entitled or is such a representative, be disqualified for being a member of the staff of an tÚdarás.”.