Road Safety Authority Act 2006
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Chief executive officer. |
17.— (1) There shall be a chief executive officer of the Authority who shall be known and is referred to in this Act as the “chief executive”. | |
(2) The chief executive shall, subject to subsection (3) be appointed by the Board, with the consent of the Minister. | ||
(3) Where a competition to appoint a chief executive officer of the Authority is held prior to the establishment day the successful candidate may be appointed by the Minister as the chief executive designate of the Authority. | ||
(4) A person shall not be appointed as chief executive officer of the Authority unless the Public Appointments Service, after holding a competition on behalf of the Minister or the Authority, have selected him or her for appointment as chief executive officer of the Authority. | ||
(5) The chief executive shall manage and control generally the staff, administration and business of the Authority and perform such other functions as may be conferred on him or her by or under this Act or determined by the Board. He or she shall advise the Board in relation to the performance of the functions of the Authority and shall make any proper proposals to the Board on any matter relating to the activities of the Authority. | ||
(6) The chief executive shall be responsible to the Board for the performance of his or her functions and the implementation of the Board's policies. | ||
(7) The chief executive shall provide the Board with such information, including financial information, in relation to the performance of his or her functions as the Board may from time to time require. | ||
(8) Such of the functions of the chief executive as from time to time may be specified by him or her may, with the consent of the Board, be performed by such member of the staff of the Authority as may be authorised by the chief executive. | ||
(9) The functions of the chief executive may be performed in his or her absence or when the position of chief executive is vacant by such member of the staff of the Authority as may from time to time be designated for that purpose by the Board. | ||
(10) The chief executive shall hold office on and subject to such terms and conditions (including terms and conditions relating to remuneration and superannuation) as may be determined by the Board with the consent of the Minister and with the agreement of the Minister for Finance. The chief executive may be removed from his or her position at any time, for stated reasons, by the Board, with the consent of the Minister. | ||
(11) The person who, immediately before the establishment day, holds the position of chief executive designate of the Authority shall, on the establishment day, become the chief executive and shall hold such office until such time as the Board appoints a chief executive under subsection (2). | ||
(12) The chief executive shall not be a member of the Board. However, he or she will have the right to attend meetings of the Board and to address the Board on matters relating to the performance of the functions of the Authority. | ||
(13) The chief executive shall be paid by the Authority, out of moneys at its disposal, such remuneration and such allowances for expenses incurred by him or her in the performance of his or her functions as may be determined by the Minister with the agreement of the Minister for Finance. | ||
(14) The chief executive shall devote the whole of his or her time to his or her duties as chief executive and shall not hold any other office or position without the consent of the Board. | ||
(15) The chief executive shall, whenever required to do so by the Committee of Dáil Éireann established under the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann to examine and report to Dáil Éireann on the appropriation accounts and reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General, give evidence to that Committee on— | ||
(a) the regularity and propriety of the transactions recorded or required to be recorded in any book or other record of account subject to audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General which the Authority is required by this Act to prepare, | ||
(b) the economy and efficiency of the Authority in the use of its resources, | ||
(c) the systems, procedures and practices employed by the Authority for the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness of its operations, and | ||
(d) any matter affecting the Authority referred to in a special report of the Comptroller and Auditor General under section 11(2) of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993 , or in any other report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (in so far as it relates to a matter specified in paragraph (a), (b) or (c)) that is laid before Dáil Éireann. | ||
(16) From time to time, and whenever so requested, the chief executive shall account for the performance of the Authority's functions to a Committee of one or both Houses of the Oireachtas and shall have regard to any recommendations of such Committee relevant to these functions. |