Dormant Accounts Act, 2001

Membership of either House of the Oireachtas or European Parliament.

37.—(1) A member of the Board who—

(a) is nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann,

(b) is elected as a member of either House of the Oireachtas or as a representative in the European Parliament,

(c) is regarded pursuant to section 19 of the European Parliament Elections Act, 1997 , as having been elected to the European Parliament to fill a vacancy,

(d) becomes a member of a local authority, or

(e) becomes a member of the board of a health board,

thereupon ceases to be a member of the Board.

(2) A person who is for the time being entitled under the Standing Orders of either House of the Oireachtas to sit in the House or who is a representative in the European Parliament is, while he or she is entitled or is a representative, disqualified from becoming a member of the Board.

(3) A person who is a member of a local authority or of the board of a health board is disqualified from becoming a member of the Board.

(4) The Board shall not employ or otherwise retain in any capacity a person who would otherwise be disqualified under this section from becoming a member of the Board.