Tailte Éireann Act 2022

Establishment of Tailte Éireann

7. (1) There shall stand established on the establishment day a body which shall be known as Tailte Éireann to perform the functions conferred on it by or under this Act.

(2) Tailte Éireann shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and an official seal and shall have power to sue, and may be sued, in its corporate name and shall, with the consent of the Minister given with the approval of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, have the power to acquire, hold and dispose of land or an interest in land and shall have the power to acquire, hold and dispose of any other property.

(3) The seal of Tailte Éireann shall be authenticated by—

(a) the signatures of both the chief executive and a member of the Board authorised by the Board to act in that behalf, or

(b) the signatures of a member of the staff of Tailte Éireann authorised by the chief executive to act in that behalf and a member of the Board authorised by the Board to act in that behalf.

(4) Judicial notice shall be taken of the seal of Tailte Éireann and any document purporting to be an instrument made by, and to be sealed with the seal of, Tailte Éireann authenticated in accordance with subsection (3), shall, unless the contrary is shown, be received in evidence and be deemed to be such instrument without further proof.