Family Support Agency Act, 2001
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Membership of either House of Oireachtas or European Parliament. |
18.—(1) Where a person who is the chief executive or a member of the staff of the Agency is— | |
(a) nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann, | ||
(b) elected as a member of either House of the Oireachtas or as a representative in the European Parliament, | ||
(c) regarded pursuant to Part XIII of the Second Schedule to the European Parliament Elections Act, 1997 , as having been elected to that Parliament to fill a vacancy, | ||
he or she shall thereupon stand seconded from employment by the Agency and shall not be paid by, or be entitled to receive from, the Agency any remuneration or allowances in respect of the period commencing on such nomination or election, or when he or she is so regarded as having been elected as the case may be, and ending when such person ceases to be a member of either such House or a representative in that Parliament. | ||
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), that subsection shall be construed as prohibiting, inter alia, the reckoning of a period mentioned in that subsection as service with the Agency for the purposes of any superannuation benefits. |