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Committees.
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21.— (1) A body may establish committees to assist and advise it in relation to the performance of any of its functions.
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(2) A body may delegate to a committee established by it any of its functions which, in its opinion, can be better or more conveniently exercised or performed by a committee.
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(3) A body may determine the terms of reference for any committee established by it and may regulate the procedure of any such committee.
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(4) The members of a committee shall be appointed by the body which has established it.
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(5) A committee shall consist of such number of members as the body which has established it thinks proper.
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(6) A committee may include persons who are not members of a body or staff of the Office.
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(7) A member of a committee who fails to perform his or her functions may be removed at any time for stated reasons by the body which has established it.
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(8) A body may at any time dissolve a committee established by it.
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(9) A body may appoint a person to be chairperson of a committee established by it.
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(10) The acts of a committee shall be subject to confirmation by the body which established it save where it dispenses with the necessity for such confirmation.
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(11) There shall be paid out of the income of the Office to members of a committee such allowances for expenses incurred by them in the discharge of their functions as the Office may determine with the consent of the Taoiseach and the Minister for Finance.
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(12) In this section “committee” means a committee of a body established under this section.
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