Tailte Éireann Act 2022
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Membership of either House of Oireachtas or European Parliament or local government | ||
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17. (1) Where a member of the Board or the chief executive is— | ||
(a) nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann, | ||
(b) elected as a member of either House of the Oireachtas or to be a member of the European Parliament, | ||
(c) regarded, pursuant to Part XIII of the Second Schedule to the Act of 1997, as having been elected to that Parliament, or | ||
(d) elected or co-opted to be a member of a local authority, | ||
he or she shall thereupon cease to be a member of the Board or chief executive, as the case may be. | ||
(2) Where a member of the staff of Tailte Éireann is— | ||
(a) nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann, | ||
(b) elected as a member of either House of the Oireachtas or to be a member of the European Parliament, | ||
(c) regarded pursuant to Part XIII of the Second Schedule to the Act of 1997 as having been elected to that Parliament, | ||
he or she shall thereupon stand seconded from employment by Tailte Éireann and shall not be paid by, or be entitled to receive from Tailte Éireann, 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 so elected (as the case may be), and ending when such person ceases to be a member of either such House or such Parliament, as the case may be. | ||
(3) A person who is for the time being— | ||
(a) entitled under the Standing Orders of either House of the Oireachtas to sit therein, | ||
(b) a member of the European Parliament, or | ||
(c) entitled under the standing orders of a local authority to sit as a member thereof, | ||
shall, while he or she is so entitled or is such a member, as the case may be, be disqualified for being a member of the Board, the chief executive or a member of staff, as the case may be, of Tailte Éireann. | ||
(4) A period mentioned in subsection (2) shall not, for the purposes of any superannuation benefit, be reckoned as service with Tailte Éireann. | ||
(5) In this section, “Act of 1997” means the European Parliament Elections Act 1997 . |