Higher Education Authority Act, 1971
Officers and servants. |
14.—(1) An tÚdarás may appoint such and so many persons to be its officers and servants as, subject to the approval of the Minister, it from time to time thinks proper. | |
(2) An officer or servant of An tÚdarás shall hold his office or employment on such terms and conditions as An tÚdarás, subject to the approval of the Minister, from time to time determines. | ||
(3) An tÚdarás may, with the consent of the Minister, remove any officer or servant of An tÚdarás from being its officer or servant. | ||
(4) Subject to subsection (5) of this section, there shall be paid by An tÚdarás to its officers and servants such remuneration and allowances as, subject to the approval of the Minister given with the consent of the Minister for Finance, it determines from time to time. | ||
(5) Where a person who is either an officer or servant in the employment of An tÚdarás becomes a member of either House of the Oireachtas— | ||
(a) he shall, during the period commencing upon his becoming entitled under the Standing Orders of that House to sit therein and ending either when he ceases to be a member of that House or, if it should sooner happen, upon his resignation or retirement from such employment or upon the termination of such employment by An tÚdarás, stand seconded from such employment, | ||
(b) he shall not be paid by, or entitled to receive from, An tÚdarás any remuneration or allowances in respect of that period, | ||
(c) he shall not be entitled to reckon the whole or any part of that period for any benefits payable under any scheme under section 15 of this Act. | ||
(6) A person who is for the time being entitled under the Standing Orders of either House of the Oireachtas to sit therein shall, while so entitled, be disqualified from becoming an officer or servant of An tÚdarás. |