Food Safety Authority of Ireland Act, 1998

Staff of Authority.

38.—(1) The Board may appoint such and such number of persons to be members of the staff of the Authority as it may determine with the consent of the Minister and the Minister for Finance.

(2) The grades of the staff of the Authority and the numbers of staff in each grade and the appropriate level of remuneration for each grade shall be determined by the Board with the consent of the Minister and the Minister for Finance.

(3) A member of the staff of the Authority shall—

(a) be paid, out of moneys advanced to the Authority in accordance with section 24 , such remuneration and allowances for expenses incurred by him or her as the Board may, with the consent of the Minister and the Minister for Finance, determine, and

(b) hold his or her office or employment for such term upon and subject to such other conditions (including terms and conditions relating to remuneration) as may be determined by the Minister after consultation with the Board and with the consent of the Minister for Finance.

(4) Every person who immediately before the establishment day is a member of the staff of the former Authority shall, on that day, be transferred to and become a member of the staff of the Authority.

(5) Save in accordance with a collective agreement negotiated with any recognised trade unions or staff associations concerned, a person referred to in subsection (4) shall not, while in the service of the Authority, receive a lesser scale of pay or be made subject to less beneficial terms and conditions of service (including those relating to tenure of office) than the scale of pay to which he or she was entitled and the terms and conditions of service (including conditions relating to tenure of office) to which he or she was subject immediately before the establishment day.

(6) A member of the staff of an official agency may, being a person or of a class of person designated for the purpose by the Minister of the Government or other person having responsibility for the official agency concerned, and subject to subsection (7) generally and to the consent of the Minister of the Government having responsibility for the official agency concerned, be transferred to the Authority.

(7) Save in accordance with a collective agreement negotiated with any recognised trade unions and associations concerned and with the relevant official agency concerned, and with the consent of the Minister and Minister for Finance a member of the staff of an official agency transferred to the staff of the Authority under subsection (6), shall not, while he or she is in the service of the Authority, receive a lesser scale of pay or be made subject to less beneficial terms and conditions of service (including those relating to tenure of office) than the scale of pay to which he or she was entitled and the terms and conditions of service (including those relating to tenure of office) to which he or she was subject immediately before his or her transfer.