Dublin Institute of Technology (Amendment) Act, 1994

Governing Body.

4.—(1) Upon the expiration of the term of office of the Governing Body, the ordinary members shall be appointed by the Minister, on the recommendation of the Vocational Education Committee, in accordance with the following provisions:

(a) six persons shall be nominated by the Vocational Education Committee;

(b) two persons, one of whom shall be a woman and one a man, being members of the academic staff of the Institute who are employed on a permanent, full-time basis or who are required, during the period beginning on the 1st day of September preceding the election and ending on the following 31st day of August, to teach not less than 280 time-tabled hours in the Institute or such other number of hours as the Minister may, from time to time, specify, shall be elected by that staff in accordance with regulations made by the Governing Body;

(c) one person, being a member of the staff (other than the academic staff) of the Institute who are employed on a permanent, full-time basis or who are required, during the period beginning on the 1st day of September preceding the election and ending on the following 31st day of August, to work not less than 50 per cent. of the number of hours which a full-time member of such staff is required to work, shall be elected by that staff in accordance with regulations made by the Governing Body;

(d) two persons, one of whom shall be a woman and one a man, being registered students of the Institute, shall be chosen in accordance with regulations made by the Governing Body and for the purposes of this provision registered students shall include full-time officers of the Students Union, or other student representative body, recognised by the Governing Body for that purpose;

(e) one person shall be nominated by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions;

(f) one person shall be nominated by the University of Dublin;

(g) five persons shall be nominated by the Vocational Education Committee from among persons nominated to that Committee by such organisations as the Institute on the recommendation of the Academic Council considers require representation having regard to the particular courses provided by the Institute, excluding interests otherwise represented on the Governing Body. Such organisations shall be representative of industry, agriculture, commerce, the professions and other interests as appropriate to the activities of the Institute.

(2) In making recommendations to the Minister pursuant to subsection (1), the Vocational Education Committee shall—

(a) ensure that not fewer than seven of those so recommended are women and not fewer than seven are men, and

(b) make such recommendations subject to such directives as may be issued by the Minister from time to time, including directives relating to an appropriate gender balance among the persons nominated by the Vocational Education Committee under paragraph (a) of subsection (1).

(3) Subsection (1) is in substitution for subsection (4) of section 6 of the Principal Act, which is hereby repealed, and any reference in the Principal Act to that subsection shall be read as a reference to subsection (1) of this section.

(4) The provisions of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) shall apply, with effect from the 1st day of April 1994, so far as it relates to the eligibility of staff to take part in any election to which that paragraph applies.