Labour Services (Amendment) Act 2009

Amendment of section 6 of Principal Act.

3.— Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following subsections:

“(6) The Director General shall hold office for such period, not exceeding 5 years from the date of his appointment, as the Minister shall determine.

(7) Subject to subsection (8), where the Director General’s term of office expires by the effluxion of time he shall be eligible to be reappointed to that office.

(8) Where the Director General has served 2 terms of office (including a term of office commenced or completed before the commencement of section 3 of the Labour Services (Amendment) Act 2009) he shall not be eligible to be reappointed to that office.

(9) The Director General shall, ex officio, be a member of An Foras.”.