Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 4 April 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion

4:00 pm

Mr. Brendan Gleeson:

Yes, exactly. Moving on to head 8.2, the chairman of the board holds office for five years from the date of appointment. The position under the 1958 Act is that the appointment is indeterminate. The Act does not specify how long the appointment should be for so we are providing in primary legislation for a five year term. Similarly in head 8.3, we are providing that an ordinary member of the board holds office for three years from the date of appointment. That is consistent with the codes of practice and governance but we are now saying it explicitly in the legislation. Further down, in head 8.5, we are providing that a person who has served two terms of office as a member of the board is not eligible for reappointment. That is consistent with the code of practice but is not provided for in the 1958 Act. That Act does not specify any limit on the number of reappointments to the board.