PART III.

Deductions from Statutory and other Grants and from Certain Salaries.

9. —(1) This section applies to every board, commission, company, or other body—

(a) which was established by or under a special statute or for the establishment of which express provision was made by a special statute or which, though incorporated under statutes of general application, is regulated in part by a special statute; and

(b) the whole or part of the surplus revenue of which is payable to the Exchequer either specifically or in the form of dividends or of repayment of advances.

(2) From all salary which, during the current financial year, is earned by and payable to any member of a body to which this section applies in his capacity as such member, a deduction shall be made of such amount and at such times as the Minister may, in each case, direct, having regard to the deductions from salaries to be made under Part II of this Act and to the circumstances of the case.

(3) Every body to which this section applies shall make, in such manner and at such times as shall be approved of by the Minister, such deductions from the salaries earned and payable during the current financial year by and to persons (other than members) in the employment of such body as such body shall determine after consultation with the Minister and having regard to the amounts of the deductions from salaries to be made under Part II of this Act.

(4) All deductions from salaries made under this section shall be disposed of in such manner as the Minister, after consultation with the body concerned, shall direct.

(5) In relation to every body to which this section applies which is a company incorporated under the Companies Acts, 1908 to 1924, the word “member” shall be construed as meaning only members of such body who are directors of such body.

10. —Where a grant is made annually, under statute or otherwise, out of the Central Fund or moneys provided by the Oireachtas to any educational institution (not being a university, a university college or a secondary school) or to a board, commission, company, association, or other body (whether corporate or unincorporated) and such grant is wholly or partly available in the hands of such institution or body for the payment of the salaries of persons employed by such institution or body, there shall be deducted from the amount of such grant which falls to be made in the current financial year such sum as the Minister, after such consultation with the governing authority of such institution or body as he shall think proper, shall determine having regard to the proportion of such grant ordinarily applied to the payment of such salaries, to the deductions from salaries to be made under Part II of this Act, and to the other circumstances of the case.

11. —(1) Where a grant is made annually, under statute or otherwise, out of the Central Fund or a fund under the control of a Minister or out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas to any local authority or to any committee or other body the members of which are appointed wholly or partly by a local authority and such grant is wholly or partly available for the payment of salaries there shall (save as is otherwise provided by this section) be deducted from the amount of such grant which falls to be made in the current financial year such sum as the Minister, after consultation with every other Minister who appears to him to be concerned, shall determine having regard to the proportion of such grant ordinarily applied towards the payment of salaries, to the deductions from salaries to be made under Part II of this Act, and to the other circumstances of the case.

(2) No deduction shall be made under this section from a grant to a local authority, committee, or other body for or in respect of services administered by or under the control of the Minister for Local Government and Public Health where the Minister is satisfied, after consultation with the Minister for Local Government and Public Health, that such body has made, from the salaries earned and payable in the current financial year by and to persons in the employment of such body, deductions approved of by the Minister after such consultation as aforesaid.

12. —(1) Whenever a deduction is made under any of the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act from a grant, any board, authority, committee, or other body receiving (directly or indirectly) such grant or part thereof may make, from the salaries earned and payable in the current financial year by and to persons in the employment of such body, such deductions as such body shall, with the approval of the Minister, think proper having regard to the amount of the deduction so made from such grant or such part thereof, the proportion of such grant or such part thereof ordinarily applied towards the payment of such salaries, and to the other circumstances of the case.

(2) Before giving an approval under the foregoing sub-section of this section, the Minister shall consult with every (if any) other Minister who appears to him to be concerned.

(3) Where a board, authority, committee, or other body (hereinafter referred to as the first-mentioned body) receives (directly or indirectly) any such grant as is mentioned in the first sub-section of this section or part of any such grant, and another body (hereinafter referred to as the second-mentioned body) is entitled in law to demand and receive the whole or any portion of its expenses from the first-mentioned body, the second-mentioned body shall for the purposes of this section be deemed to be a body receiving a part of such grant.

13. —Where a grant is made annually, under statute or otherwise, out of public moneys to a university or a university college, there shall be deducted from the amount of such grant which falls to be made in the current financial year such sum, not exceeding five per cent. of the amount of such grant, as the Minister shall determine.

14. —All sums deducted under this Part of this Act from any grant shall be retained (as the case may require) in the Exchequer or in the fund from which such grant is made and be available for any purpose for which moneys in the Exchequer or in such fund (as the case may be) are lawfully available.