Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024

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Establishment of committees of Board

21. (1) The Board may, in addition to the audit committee, establish such and so many other committees as it thinks fit to assist and advise it in relation to the performance of any of its functions (in this Part referred to as a “committee of the Board”).

(2) A committee of the Board—

(a) shall consist of such number of members as the Board may determine, and

(b) may, subject to section 18 , include persons who are not members of the Board.

(3) In appointing the members of a committee of the Board, the Board shall have regard to the range of qualifications and experience necessary for the proper and effective performance of the functions of the committee.

(4) The chairperson of a committee of the Board shall be appointed by the Board from among the members of the committee.

(5) A member of a committee of the Board shall—

(a) hold office upon such terms and conditions (including terms and conditions relating to remuneration and allowances for expenses) as may be determined by the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, and

(b) be paid out of moneys at the disposal of An Garda Síochána.

(6) The Board may at any time remove a member of a committee of the Board for stated reasons.

(7) The Board may determine the terms of reference and regulate the procedure of a committee of the Board.

(8) The acts of a committee of the Board shall be subject to confirmation by the Board unless the Board otherwise determines.

(9) A committee of the Board shall provide the Board with such information as the Board may from time to time require, in respect of the committee’s activities and operations, for the purposes of the performance by the Board of its functions.

(10) The Board may at any time dissolve a committee of the Board.

(11) A committee of the Board may act notwithstanding one or more than one vacancy in its membership.