Seanad debates
Wednesday, 25 February 2015
Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Government amendment No. 113:In page 58, between the lines 33 and 34, to insert the following: "(1C) Where a person- (a) appointed under subsection (1) to be a deputy chairman, (b) who continues to be a deputy chairman by virtue of subsection (1A), or (c) reappointed in accordance with subsection (1B) to be a deputy chairman,is, for whatever reason, unable to perform his functions as deputy chairman and the Minister is of the opinion that his inability to so perform his functions would unduly disrupt the performance by the Court or a division of the Court of its functions, a temporary vacancy among the deputy chairman shall be deemed to exist and the Minister may, after consultation with the chairman, appoint a person to fill that temporary vacancy subject to such terms and conditions as the Minister shall determine. (1D)If a deputy chairman dies, resigns, ceases to be qualified for office and ceases to hold office or is removed from office, or a deputy chairman's term of office expires and he is not reappointed under subsection (1B), the Minister may appoint a person to be a deputy chairman to fill the vacancy so occasioned pending the appointment of a deputy chairman to fill that vacancy in accordance with subsection (1), and the person so appointed shall hold office subject to such terms and conditions as the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, determines.",".
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