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33 2004

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004

Chapter 3

Office of the Commission

Office of the Commission.

27.— The Commission shall be assisted in carrying out its functions by an office, to be known as the Office of the Commission for Public Service Appointments and in this Act referred to as the “Office of the Commission”.

Director.

28.— (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister shall appoint a person to be the Director of the Office of the Commission who shall be known and is referred to in this Act as the “Director”.

(2) For the purposes of the Public Service Management Act 1997 , the Director is the principal officer of the Office of the Commission.

Director to be accounting officer.

29 —The Director shall be the accounting officer for the appropriation accounts of the Office for the purposes of the Exchequer and Audit Departments Acts 1866 and 1921 and the Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993 .

Functions of Director.

30.— (1) The Director shall manage and control generally the staff, administration and business of the Office of the Commission and shall perform such other functions as may be conferred on him or her by or under this Act or by the Commission.

(2) The Director shall be responsible to the Commission for the performance of his or her functions and the implementation of the Commission's policies.

(3) The Director shall provide the Commission with such information (including financial information) in relation to the performance of his or her functions as the Commission may from time to time require.

(4) Such of the functions of the Director as may from time to time be specified by him or her may, with the consent of the Commission, be performed by such member of the staff of the Office as may be authorised by the Director.

(5) The functions of the Director may be performed during his or her absence or when the position of Director is vacant by such member of the staff of the Office as may from time to time be designated by the Commission.

Attendance of Director before Oireachtas Committee.

31.— (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Director shall at the request in writing of an Oireachtas Committee attend before it to give account for the general administration of the Office of the Commission, including the 3 year strategic plans duly laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas.

(2) In this section “Oireachtas Committee” means a Committee appointed by either House of the Oireachtas or jointly by both Houses of the Oireachtas (other than the Committee on Members' Interests of Dáil Éireann or the Committee on Members' Interests of Seanad Éireann) or a subcommittee of a Committee as appointed.

Staff of Office of Commission.

32.— (1) The Minister shall appoint such and so many persons to be members of the staff of the Office of the Commission as the Minister from time to time thinks proper.

(2) The grades of the staff of the Office of the Commission and the members of staff in each grade shall be determined by the Minister.

(3) The members of the staff of the Office of the Commission, including the Director, are civil servants of the State.