Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Act 2015

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Membership of Forum and related matters

39. (1) The Forum shall consist of the Chairperson and 21 ordinary members.

(2) The Minister, following consultation with the Council, shall appoint a person nominated by the Chief Executive to be the Chairperson of the Forum.

(3) The Chief Executive shall not nominate for appointment under subsection (2) any person who is a member, officer or member of staff of an organisation or body prescribed by the Minister under subsection (4).

(4) The Minister, following consultation with the Council, shall prescribe for the purposes of subsection (5) —

(a) not less than 5 organisations which, in the opinion of the Minister—

(i) are concerned with, or are representative of persons engaged in, the promotion or carrying out of community development in the Dublin Docklands Area,

(ii) are concerned with, or are representative of persons engaged in, the promotion of the social, economic or general interest of communities in the Dublin Docklands Area, or

(iii) represent the general interest of the residents of the Dublin Docklands Area,

(b) not less than 5 organisations which, in the opinion of the Minister, are representative of persons engaged in the promotion or carrying out of economic activity (including employment) in the Dublin Docklands Area,

(c) not less than 1 organisation which, in the opinion of the Minister, is representative of persons involved in the promotion or carrying out of educational activities in the Dublin Docklands Area, and

(d) not less than 5 public authorities which, in the opinion of the Minister, are concerned with, or whose functions relate to, any of the matters listed at section 38 (1)(a) to (f) or described in section 38 (2)(a) insofar as those matters relate to the Dublin Docklands Area.

(5) Each organisation and public authority prescribed under a particular paragraph of subsection (4) shall, whenever so requested by the Minister, following consultation with the Council, select for appointment such number of candidates as the Minister, following consultation with the Council, shall specify when making the request and shall inform the Minister, within such period as the Minister, following consultation with the Council, shall specify when making the request, of the names of the candidates selected and of the reasons why, in the opinion of the organisation or public authority (as the case may be), they are suitable for such appointment.

(6) The following ordinary members of the Forum shall be appointed to the Forum by the Minister, following consultation with the Council:

(a) the Chief Executive or, where the Chief Executive so nominates, an officer of the Council nominated for appointment by the Chief Executive;

(b) 4 members of the Council, nominated for appointment by the Council, being members elected to the Council from electoral areas which are included in, or any part of which is included in, the Dublin Docklands Area;

(c) 5 members from among persons selected by the organisations which for the time being stand prescribed under subsection (4)(a);

(d) 5 members from among persons selected by the organisations which for the time being stand prescribed under subsection (4)(b);

(e) 1 member from among persons selected by the organisation or organisations, as the case may be, which for the time being stand prescribed under subsection (4)(c);

(f) 5 members from among persons selected by the public authorities which for the time being stand prescribed under subsection (4)(d).

(7) Subject to subsection (9), in the case of an appointment pursuant to subsection (6)(c), (d), (e) or (f), the Minister shall not appoint a person to be an ordinary member of the Forum unless the person was among those selected pursuant to a request under subsection (5) in relation to that appointment.

(8) Notwithstanding subsections (5) and (7) —

(a) if the appropriate organisations or public authorities prescribed under a particular paragraph of subsection (4) refuse or fail to select any candidate pursuant to a particular request under subsection (5), or

(b) if the Minister decides not to appoint as an ordinary member of the Forum any of the candidates selected by such organisations or public authorities pursuant to the request,

then either—

(i) the Minister shall, following consultation with the Council, appoint as an ordinary member of the Forum a person who was among those selected by such organisations or public authorities pursuant to a previous request (if any) under subsection (5) in relation to that appointment, or

(ii) the Minister shall, following consultation with the Council, make a further such request and shall appoint as an ordinary member of the Forum a person who was among those selected pursuant to that request or pursuant to another such request made in relation to that appointment.

(9) Where a request is made pursuant to subsection (5), failure or refusal by any or all of the organisations or public authorities of whom the request is made to select the number of candidates specified in the request shall not preclude the appointment as an ordinary member of the Forum of a person who was selected in relation to that appointment either by any of the aforesaid organisations or public authorities or any other organisation or public authority prescribed under subsection (4).

(10) The Minister, in appointing the members of the Forum, shall ensure that the members are persons who have the necessary knowledge, experience and competence in relation to the functions of the Forum.

(11) Each member of the Forum shall hold office for such period not exceeding 3 years from the date of his or her appointment, as the Minister, following consultation with the Council, shall determine.

(12) A member of the Forum whose term of office expires by the effluxion of time shall be eligible for reappointment to the Forum, but shall not be appointed for more than two consecutive terms.