Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 1999

Evaluation Committee.

7.—The Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion of the following section after section 10A (inserted by this Act):

“10B.—(1) The Minister shall establish a committee (which is referred to in this Act as ‘the Evaluation Committee’).

(2) The quorum for a meeting of the Evaluation Committee shall be three-quarters of the number of members of the committee at the time of the meeting.

(3) Where in a case to which section 10(2A) applies, an tÚdarás is considering whether to provide financial assistance—

(a) the Evaluation Committee shall evaluate the proposal concerned,

(b) the Evaluation Committee shall make recommendations in writing to an tÚdarás on—

(i) the suitability or otherwise of the proposal for the provision of financial assistance by an tÚdarás, and

(ii) the amount (if any) of such assistance,

(c) an tÚdarás shall not provide financial assistance for the proposal if the Evaluation Committee recommends that the proposal is not suitable for the provision of such assistance, and

(d) an tÚdarás shall not provide financial assistance for the proposal of an amount more than that recommended by the Evaluation Committee under paragraph (b)(ii).”.