National Development Finance Agency Act, 2002

Membership of either House of the Oireachtas, European Parliament or local authority, etc.

16.—(1) Where a member of the Board—

(a) is nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann,

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

(c) is regarded pursuant to Part XIII of the Second Schedule to the European Parliament Elections Act, 1997 , as having been elected to the European Parliament to fill a vacancy, or

(d) becomes a member of a local authority, a vocational education committee, the board of a health board or the Eastern Regional Health Authority,

he or she shall thereupon cease to be a member of the Board.

(2) 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 or who is a member of any of the bodies specified in paragraph (d) of subsection (1) shall not, while he or she is so entitled or is such a representative or member, be eligible for appointment to the Board.