Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2005

SCHEDULE 5

“Ninth Schedule-Specified Bodies

Section 26 .

1.—Each of the following shall be a specified body for the purposes of this Schedule and sections 223 to 223H:

(1) a Minister of the Government,

the Commission for Public Service Appointments,

the Public Appointments Service,

the Revenue Commissioners;

(2) a local authority (for the purposes of the Local Government Act 2001 );

(3) the Health Service Executive;

(4) a body established by the Minister for Education and Science under section 54 of the Education Act 1998 ,

An Foras Áiseanna Saothair,

An Post,

An tArd-ChlÁraitheoir,

an tÚdarÁs um Ard-Oideachas,

Coillte Teoranta,

Enterprise Ireland,

National Educational Welfare Board,

the Central Applications Office,

the Central Statistics Office,

the Companies Registration Office,

the Garda Síochána and the Defence Forces in respect of their own members,

the General Medical Services (Payments) Board,

the Legal Aid Board,

the Mental Health Commission,

the National Breast Screening Board,

the National Cancer Registry Board,

the Pensions Board,

the Personal Injuries Assessment Board,

the Private Residential Tenancies Board;

(5) the following Voluntary Hospitals:

Beaumont Hospital, Dublin,

Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital, Dublin,

Coombe Women's Hospital, Dublin,

Dublin Dental Hospital,

Hume Street Hospital, Dublin,

Incorporated Orthopaedic Hospital of Ireland, Clontarf, Dublin,

Leopardstown Park Hospital,

Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin,

Mercy Hospital, Cork,

National Maternity Hospital, Dublin,

National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dun Laoghaire,

Our Lady's Hospice,

Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin,

Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway,

Rotunda Hospital, Dublin,

Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin,

South Infirmary/Victoria Hospital, Cork,

St. James's Hospital,

St. John's Hospital, Limerick,

St. Luke's Hospital, Dublin,

St. Mary's Hospital and Residential School, Baldoyle, Dublin,

St. Michael's Hospital, Dun Laoghaire,

St. Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin,

St. Vincent's Hospital, Fairview,

The Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin incorporating the National Children's Hospital,

The Children's Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin,

The Royal Hospital, Donnybrook,

University Dental School and Hospital.

2.—Each of the following shall be a specified body for the purposes of this Schedule and section 223D:

a person who provides, organises or procures a programme of education or training,

a recognised school or centre for education (within the meaning of section 2 of the Education Act 1998 ),

a vocational education committee (within the meaning of section 7 of the Vocational Education Act 1930 ),

a university to which the Universities Acts 1997 and 1999 apply,

an educational institution to which the Regional Technical Colleges Acts 1992 to 2001 apply,

the Dublin Institute of Technology,

the Further Education and Training Awards Council,

the Higher Education and Training Awards Council,

the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland.

3.—The Minister may by regulations amend paragraph 1 or 2 by adding a specified body to, deleting a specified body from, or amending a reference to a specified body in, those paragraphs.”.