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Special adviser to Mayor
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19. (1) The Mayor may appoint a person who, in the opinion of the Mayor, has experience and expertise in relation to matters to which the functions of special adviser under this section relate, to be a special adviser to the Mayor.
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(2) The Mayor shall, as soon as may be after appointing a person to be a special adviser under this section, prepare and submit to the elected council a document describing the experience and expertise referred to in subsection (1) of that person.
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(3) A special adviser appointed under this section shall assist the Mayor by—
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(a) providing him or her with advice, and
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(b) providing such assistance in relation to the functions of the Mayor as the Mayor may direct.
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(4) A special adviser appointed under this section shall, in the performance of his or her functions, be accountable to the Mayor.
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(5) The terms and conditions of employment of a special adviser appointed under this section shall be determined from time to time by the Minister with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform.
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(6) Subject to subsection (8), a special adviser appointed under this section shall, while he or she stands so appointed, be deemed to be an employee of Limerick City and County Council.
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(7) The term of appointment of a special adviser shall cease on the date on which the Mayor ceases to hold that office or such earlier date as may be determined by the Mayor in accordance with the terms and conditions referred to in subsection (5).
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(8) Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 158 of the Principal Act shall not apply to a special adviser appointed under this section.
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