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Uimhir 13 de 1940.
ACHT UM INSTITIÚID ARD-LÉIGHINN, 1940.
[An tiontódh oifigeamhail.]
Mínithe.
1.—San Acht so—
cialluíonn an abairt “an tAire” an tAire Oideachais;
cialluíonn an abairt “an Institiúid” Institiúid Ard-Léighinn Bhaile Atha Cliath a bunuítear leis an Acht so;
cialluíonn an abairt “Có-Scoil” scoil is cuid den Institiúid agus a bheidh bunuithe fén Acht so le hordú bunúcháin;
cialluíonn an abairt “an Chomhairle” Comhairle na hInstitiúide;
nuair a húsáidtear an focal “scoil” sa chó-fhocal “Có-Scoil”, no maidir le Có-Scoileanna i gcoitinne, foluíonn sé aon chólucht no cóghléasadh bheidh oiriúnuithe chun árd-staidéar i sanbhrainse eolais do chur chun cinn agus chun taighde sa bhrainse eolais sin do dhéanamh, agus a bheidh inniúil chuige sin.
An Institiúid do bhunú.
2.—(1) Bunuítear leis seo institiúid árd-léighinn, ar a dtabharfar mar ainm agus mar theideal Institiúid Ard-Léighinn Bhaile Atha Cliath no (i mBéarla) the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, chun na bhfeidhmeanna ceaptar di leis an Acht so do chólíonadh.
(2) Beidh an Institiúid ina cólucht corparuithe go síorchomharbas agus fós go gcó-shéala agus go gcomhacht chun lítheadh fé n-a n-ainm chorparuithe agus chun talamh do shealbhú agus do chur de láimh, agus féadfar an cólucht do lítheadh fé n-a n-ainm chorparuithe.
(3) Is i gContae-Bhuirg Bhaile Atha Cliath a bheidh an Institiúid suidhte.
Feidhmeanna na hInstitiúide.
3.—(1) Isiad feidhmeanna na hInstitiúide ná saoráidí do chur ar fáil chun árd-staidéar i san-bhrainsí eolais do chur chun cinn agus chun taighde sna brainsí eolais sin do dhéanamh, agus chun toradh árd-staidéir agus taighde, pé aca fé choimirce na hInstitiúide no eile bheidh san ar siúl, d'fhoillsiú.
(2) Na saoráidí luaidhtear sa bhfo-alt deiridh sin roimhe seo den alt so, is tré Chó-Scoileanna le haghaidh san-bhrainsí deifriúla eolais a cuirfear iad ar fáil.
Có-Scoileanna do bhunú agus do dhí-bhunú.
4.—(1) Chó luath agus a bheidh caoi ann chuige sin tar éis an Achta so do rith bunóidh an Riaghaltas, san am chéanna no i ndiaidh a chéile, fén Acht so—
(a) Có-Scoil dá ngairmfear Scoil an Léighinn Cheiltigh no (i mBéarla) the School of Celtic Studies, agus
(b) Có-Scoil dá ngairmfear Scoil na Fisice Teoiriciúla no (i mBéarla) the School of Theoretical Physics.
(2) Pé uair a chífear don Riaghaltas gurb é leas na puiblíochta Có-Scoil (seachas na Có-Scoileanna luaidhtear sa bhfo-alt deiridh sin roimhe seo den alt so) do bhunú, chun árd-staidéar i sanbhrainse áirithe eolais do chur chun cinn agus chun taighde sa bhrainse eolais sin do dhéanamh, agus a bheidh gach Tigh den Oireachtas tar éis a aontú, tré rún, leis an gCó-Scoil sin do bhunú, féadfaidh an Riaghaltas Có-Scoil do bhunú fén Acht so chun na gcrícheanna san.
(3) Pé uair a chífear don Riaghaltas gurb é leas na puiblíochta Có-Scoil (seachas na Có-Scoileanna luaidhtear sa chéad fho-alt den alt so) do dhí-bhunú agus a bheidh gach Tigh den Oireachtas tar éis a aontú, tré rún, leis an dí-bhunú san, dí-bhunóidh an Riaghaltas an Chó-Scoil sin fén Acht so.
Feidhmeanna agus dualgaisí na gCó-Scoileanna.
5.—(1) Isiad feidhmeanna agus dualgaisí Scoil an Léighinn Cheiltigh ná léigheann Ceilteach do chur ar aghaidh go generálta, agus, go sonnrách, ach gan dochar do gheneráltacht an mhéide sin—
(a) abhar atá i láimhscríbhinní Gaedhilge atá ann fós do scrúdú agus d'eagrú agus d'fhoillsiú;
(b) staidéar do dhéanamh ar ghramadach agus ar fhoclóireacht agus ar fhiollaíocht na Sean-Ghaedhilge, agus na Meán-Ghaedhilge, agus na Nua-Ghaedhilge;
(c) foghraíocht beo-chanúintí na Gaedhilge do scrúdú agus an Ghaedhilg mar a labhartar í do chur ar breacadh;
(d) log-ainmneacha na hÉireann do bhailiú agus staidéar do dhéanamh ortha;
(e) staidéar do dhéanamh ar stair shóisialta na hÉireann agus fós ar gach brainse de stair na hÉireann gur gá eolas ar an nGaedhilg chun lorgaireachta ina taobh;
(f) oibreacha i dtaobh aon abhair dá luaidhtear i mír ar bith aca san roimhe seo den fho-alt so, maraon le hoibreacha eile is deallrathach do bhéarfadh gur coitinne bheadh eolas ar na teangthacha Ceilteacha agus ar litríochta na dteangan san agus ar chúlradh chultúrtha agus shóisialta na síbhialtachta Ceiltighe, d'ullmhú agus do mholadh don Chomhairle chun a bhfoillsithe;
(g) mic léighinn árd-chúrsa d'oiliúint i modhanna taighde in aon abhar aca san;
(h) semináir agus cóchomhairlí agus léigheachta, maidir leis na teangthacha Ceilteacha agus le litríochta na dteangan san agus, go sonnrách, maidir le cursaí ina mbeadh suim ag lucht déanta staidéir ar an nGaedhilg agus ar a litríocht, do bhunú;
(i) saoráidí, chun árd-staidéar agus taighde do dhéanamh i léigheann Ceilteach, do chur ar fáil d'ollamhain agus do léigheachtaithe ollscoile bheidh ar saoire o n-a ndualgaisí acadamhúla;
(j) a chur mar chúram ar scoláirí inniúla, pé aca bheidh baint aca leis an Institiúid no ná beidh, a ghabháil de láimh oibreacha ar léigheann Cheilteach do scríobhadh no d'eagrú, agus san ar luach saothair no dá éamuis;
(k) cabhrú le taighde i léigheann Ceilteach i dtíortha eile agus malairtiú do dhéanamh maidir le mic léighinn árd-chúrsa sa léigheann san anso agus sna tíortha san;
(l) na feidhmeanna agus na dualgaisí eile sin, maidir le léigheann Ceilteach, a chinnfidh Bord Rialúcháin na Scoile o am go ham.
(2) Isiad feidhmeanna agus dualgaisí Scoil na Fisice Teoiriciúla ná—
(a) prinsiobail mhatamaiticeacha na feallsúnachta nádúrtha do scrúdú agus na prinsiobail sin do chur i bhfeidhm ar an ngrúpa fisiceach agus ceimiceach de sna heolaíochta agus ar an ngeoifisic agus ar an domhaneolaíocht;
(b) mic léighinn árd-chúrsa d'oiliúint i modhanna taighde bhunúil sa ghrúpa san de sna heolaíochta agus sa ngeoifisic agus sa domhan-eolaíocht;
(c) saoráidí, chun árd-staidéar agus taighde do dhéanamh sa bhfisic theoiriciúil, do chur ar fáil d'ollamhain agus do léigheachtaithe ollscoile bheidh ar saoire o n-a ndualgaisí acadamhúla;
(d) seimináir agus cóchomhairlí agus léigheachta, maidir le cúrsaí bhaineann leis an bhfisic theoiriciúil agus atá ar fhoirimeall an eolais, do bhunú;
(e) tuarasgabhála ar eolas nua i réim na fisice teoiriciúla, agus go sonnrách tuarasgabhála ar eolas nua den tsórt san do gheobhfar de thoradh obair eolaíochta na Scoile, d'ullmhú agus do mholadh don Chomhairle chun a bhfoillsithe;
(f) a chur mar chúram ar scoláirí inniúla, pé aca bheidh baint aca leis an Institiúid no ná beidh, a ghabháil de láimh oibreacha ar an bhfisic theoiriciúil do scríobhadh no d'eagrú, agus san ar luach saothair no dá éamais;
(g) na feidhmeanna agus na dualgaisí eile sin, maidir leis an bhfisic theoiriciúil, a chinnfidh Bord Rialúcháin na Scoile o am go ham.
(3) Gach Có-Scoil a bheidh ann, seachas Scoil an Léighinn Cheiltigh agus Scoil na Fisice Teoiriciúla, beidh na feidhmeanna san aice agus na dualgaisí sin uirthe ceapfar di, leis an ordú bunúcháin a bhainfidh léi, no le hordú ag leasú an orduithe sin.
An modh chun Có-Scoileanna do bhunú agus do dhí-bhunú.
6.—(1) Is le hOrdú (dá ngairmtear ordú bunúcháin san Acht so) ar n-a dhéanamh ag an Riaghaltas, agus é do réir na bhforálacha den Acht so bhaineann leis an gcéanna, a bunófar gach Có-Scoil fé leith.
(2) Déanfar ordú bunúcháin fé leith alos gach Có-Scoile fé leith.
(3) Féadfaidh an Riaghaltas, tar éis dóibh dul i gcomhairle le Bord Rialúcháin Chó-Scoile, an t-ordú bunúcháin le n-ar bunuíodh an scoil sin do leasú le hordú, agus féadfaid aon ordú bheidh déanta fén bhfo-alt so do leasú le hordú ar n-a dhéanamh tar éis dóibh dul i gcomhairle amhlaidh.
(4) Is le hordú (dá ngairmtear ordú dí-bhunúcháin san Acht so) ar n-a dhéanamh ag an Riaghaltas a dí-bhunófar Có-Scoil is dleathach do dhí-bhunú fén Acht so.
(5) Féadfaidh na forálacha san uile do bheith in ordú díbhunúcháin a chífear don Riaghaltas do bheith riachtanach no ceart agus a ghabhas le dí-bhunú na Có-Scoile le n-a mbainfidh an t-ordú san no leanas as an dí-bhunú san.
(6) Gach ordú dhéanfaidh an Riaghaltas fé aon fho-alt den alt so leagfar é fé bhráid gach Tighe den Oireachtas chó luath agus is féidir é tar éis a dhéanta agus má dheineann ceachtar Tigh aca san, fé cheann an lá is fiche shuidhfidh an Tigh sin tar éis an orduithe sin do leagadh fé n-a bhráid, rún do rith ag cur an orduithe sin ar nea-mbrí beidh an t-ordú san curtha ar nea-mbrí dá réir sin ach beidh san gan dochar do bhailíocht éinní do rinneadh roimhe sin fén ordú san.
Orduithe bunúcháin.
7.—Fé réir forálacha an Achta so beidh i ngach ordú bunúcháin na forálacha san is ceart dar leis an Riaghaltas, i dtaobh na Có-Scoile bunófar leis do rialáil agus do stiúradh, agus, go sonnrách, socrófar ann i dtaobh na nithe seo leanas, sé sin le rá:—
(a) an ainm a bheidh ar an Scoil sin;
(b) feidhmeanna agus dualgaisí na Scoile sin maidir leis an san-bhrainse eolais gur ina taobh a bheidh an Scoil sin á bunú;
(c) an Scoil sin do bheith á bainistí ag Bord Rialúcháin ag á mbeidh comhacht chun obair na Scoile do sheoladh agus do rialú, agus chun scéimeanna staidéir agus taighde do cheapadh agus iad do chur i bhfeidhm no socrú dhéanamh chun iad a chur i bhfeidhm, agus chun na nithe eile sin do dhéanamh is gá chun na Scoile do stiúradh agus d'oibriú go héifeachtúil;
(d) an Bord Rialúcháin sin do chóiriú mar bhord gurb iad a bheidh air ná—
(i) cathaoirleach ar n-a cheapadh ag an Uachtarán ar chomhairle an Riaghaltais, agus
(ii) baill áirithe ar n-a gceapadh ar an slí chéanna, agus
(iii) Ollamhain Sinsearacha na Scoile;
(e) téarma oifige ball an Bhúird Rialúcháin sin, agus a gcur as oifig;
(f) fé réir forálacha an Achta so, Ollamhain Sinsearacha den Scoil do cheapadh agus do chur as oifig, agus a dtéarma oifige;
(g) ollamhain agus ollamhain chuarta agus congantóirí d'fhoirinn na Scoile sin, agus baill acadamhúla eile den fhoirinn sin, do cheapadh agus do chur as oifig, agus mic léighinn do leigint isteach agus do chur chun siúil;
(h) Stiúrthóir ar an Scoil sin do cheapadh as Ollamhain Sinsearacha na Scoile, agus comhachta agus dualgaisí agus tréimhse oifige an Stiúrthóra san;
(i) conus a bheidh idir an Scoil sin, agus a Bord Rialúcháin, ar thaobh agus an Institiúid ar an taobh eile, agus fós idir an Scoil sin, agus an Bord san, ar thaobh agus an tAire agus an Riaghaltas ar an taobh eile;
(j) Bord Rialúcháin na Scoile sin do thíolacadh tuarasgabhála bliantúla ar obair na Scoile.
Ollamhain Sinsearacha Chó-Scoile do cheapadh, etc.
8.—(1) Isé an tUachtarán a dhéanfaidh Ollamhain Sinsearacha Chó-Scoile do cheapadh agus do chur as oifig, agus is ar chomhairle an Riaghaltais a dhéanfaidh san.
(2) Is dleathach do Bhord Rialúcháin Chó-Scoile tairgsint do chur fé bhráid an Aire, tráth ar bith, á mholadh duine áirithe a hainmneofar do cheapadh chun bheith ina Ollamh Shinsearach den Scoil sin, no á mholadh Ollamh Sinsearach áirithe den Scoil do chur as oifig.
(3) Gach tairgsint a cuirfear fé bhráid an Aire fén bhfo-alt deiridh sin roimhe seo den alt so, cuirfidh an tAire os cóir an Riaghaltais í agus breithneoidh an Riaghaltas an tairgsint sin.
(4) Is mar a chinnfidh an Riaghaltas o am go ham, go generálta no alos aon Ollamhan Shinsearaigh áirithe agus ar mholadh an Aire agus le haontú an Aire Airgeadais, a bheidh líon agus tuarastail agus sealbhaíocht oifige, agus coinníollacha eile seirbhíse, Ollamhan Sinsearach Có-Scoile.
(5) D'ainneoin éinní atá san alt so, ní déanfar an tuarastal gur air ná an tsealbhaíocht oifige gur dá réir ná na coinníollacha seirbhíse gur ortha bheidh Ollamh Sinsearach ceaptha d'atharú le linn a théarma oifige gan é do thoiliú chuige sin, agus ní déanfar aon Ollamh Sinsearach do chur as a oifig contrárdha do sna téarmaí ar ar ceapadh chun na hoifige sin é.
Comhairle na hInstitiúide.
9.—(1) Isiad Comhairle na hInstitiúide cólucht corparuithe na hInstitiúide.
(2) Beidh rialú generálta na hInstitiúide, maraon le riaradh a cúrsaí, dílsithe sa Chomhairle.
(3) Isiad a bheidh ar an gcéad Chomhairle ná cathaoirleach agus ceithre baill eile, agus iad uile ar n-a gceapadh ag an Uachtarán ar chomhairle an Riaghaltais, maraon leis na baill ex-officio den Chomhairle.
(4) Ceapfar an chéad Chomhairle chó luath agus a bheidh caoi ann chuige sin tar éis an Achta so do rith, agus mairfidh go dtí go dtárlóidh an ní sin aca so leanas is déanaighe thárlóidh, agus beidh deireadh léi ansan, sé sin le rá:—
(a) bliain, o dháta an Achta so do rith, do bheith caithte, no
(b) an Taoiseach do thabhairt deimhnithe amach i scríbhinn fé n-a láimh á dheimhniú an dara Comhairle do bheith ceaptha go cuibhe.
(5) Fé réir na bhforálacha den alt so bhaineann leis an gcéad Chomhairle, isiad a bheidh ar an gComhairle ná ball amháin (eadhon, an cathaoirleach) ar n-a cheapadh ag an Uachtarán ar chomhairle an Riaghaltais, maraon leis na baill ex-officio den Chomhairle agus le dhá bhall o gach Có-Scoil fé leith a bheidh bunuithe de thurus na huaire.
(6) Isiad a cheapfaidh na baill a bheidh ar an gComhairle o Chó-Scoil ná Bord Rialúcháin na Có-Scoile sin agus is as a mbaill féin a cheapfaid iad.
(7) Ní foláir i gcomhnaí duine amháin ar a laighead de sna baill den Chomhairle o aon Chó-Scoil áirithe do bheith ina dhuine gur de bhuadh a cheaptha, agus nach de bhuadh é bheith ina Ollamh Shinsearach, is ball de Bhord Rialúcháin na Có-Scoile sin é.
(8) Na baill den Chomhairle bheidh le ceapadh i gcionn gach tréimhse de chúig bliana, déanfar iad do cheapadh agus a gceapadh do chólánú roimh an 30adh lá san de Mheitheamh ar a mbeidh deireadh le téarmaí oifige a réimhtheachtaithe.
Baill ex-officio na Comhairle.
10.—Na daoine bheidh, de thurus na huaire, i seilbh na n-oifigí seo leanas, eadhon:—
(a) oifig Uachtaráin an Choláiste Ollscoile, Baile Atha Cliath,
(b) oifig Phrofaist Choláiste na Tríonóide, Baile Atha Cliath, agus
(c) oifig Uachtaráin Acadaimh Ríoga na hÉireann,
beid ina mbaill ex-officio den Chomhairle, agus isé chialluíonn an abairt “na baill ex-officio den Chomhairle” san Acht so ná na daoine sin.
Sealbhaíocht oifige ball den Chomhairle.
11.—(1) Mara n-éagaidh, no mara n-eirghidh as oifig, no mara gcuirtear é as oifig, roimhe sin, beidh gach ball den chéad Chomhairle (seachas baill di ceapfar chun foth-fholúntas) i seilbh oifige go dtí an dáta ceaptar le halt 9 den Acht so chun deireadh do bheith leis an gcéad Chomhairle, ach beidh sé ionathcheaptha.
(2) Mara n-éagaidh, no mara n-eirghidh as oifig, no mara gcuirtear é as oifig, roimhe sin, beidh gach ball den Chomhairle (seachas baill den chéad Chomhairle agus baill a ceapfar chun foth-fholúntas) i seilbh oifige ón dáta ceaptar, le halt 9 den Acht so, chun deireadh do beith leis an gcéad Chomhairle go dtí an 30adh lá de Mheitheamh, 1945, no ón gcéad 30adh lá de Mheitheamh, tar éis é cheapadh, go ceann cúig mblian ón dáta san (do réir mar is gá sa chás) agus beidh sé ion-athcheaptha i ngach cás.
(3) Pé uair a thárlóidh do bhall den Chomhairle, a bheidh ceaptha ag an Uachtarán, go n-éagfaidh no go n-eireoidh as oifig no go gcuirfear as oifig é, déanfaidh an tUachtarán, ar chomhairle an Riaghaltais, duine do cheapadh chun an fhothfholúntais a bheidh ann dá dhruim sin.
(4) Pé uair a thárlóidh do bhall den Chomhairle, a bheidh ceaptha ag Bord Rialúcháin Chó-Scoile, go n-éagfaidh no go n-eireoidh as oifig no go gcuirfear as oifig é, ceapfaidh an Bord Rialúcháin sin duine dá mbaill féin chun an fhoth-fholúntais a bheidh ann dá dhruim sin.
(5) Mara n-éagaidh, no mara n-eirghidh as oifig, no mara gcuirtear é as oifig, roimhe sin, beidh gach duine ceapfar chun fothfholúntais i mballraíocht na Comhairle i seilbh oifige ar feadh a mbeidh gan caitheamh den tréimhse do bheadh an ball, gur tré n-a éag no tré n-a eirghe as oifig no tré n-a chur as oifig (do réir mar a bheidh) do thárla an foth-fholúntas san, i seilbh oifige dá mba ná héagfadh no ná heireodh sé as oifig no ná cuirfí é as oifig agus imeoidh as oifig ansan, ach beidh sé ion-athcheaptha.
(6) Ní bhainfidh forálacha an ailt seo le baill ex-officio den Chomhairle.
Baill den Chomhairle d'eirghe as oifig.
12.—(1) Féadfaidh aon bhall den Chomhairle (seachas ball ex-officio den Chomhairle) eirghe as a oifig mar bhall den tsórt san, tráth ar bith, tré leitir ar n-a cur—
(a) i gcás baill a bheidh ceaptha ag an Uachtarán, go dtí an Taoiseach chun í chur fé bhráid an Uachtaráin,
(b) in aon chás eile, go dtí Bord Rialúcháin na Có-Scoile do cheap é.
(2) Déanfaidh ball den Chomhairle bheidh ag eirghe as oifig fén alt so cóip den leitir tré n-a mbeidh ag eirghe as oifig do chur go dtí an Chomhairle, agus raghaidh a eirghe as oifig in éifeacht o thosach an chéad chruinnithe den Chomhairle bheidh ann, i gcás ball a bheidh ceaptha ag an Uachtarán, tar éis mí do bheith caithte ón uair do gheobhaidh an Chomhairle fógra ón Taoiseach á rá gur glacadh leis an eirghe as oifig sin no, in aon chás eile, ón uair do gheobhaidh an Chomhairle an chóip sin.
(3) Ball den Chomhairle bheidh tar éis a chur in úil fén alt so é bheith ag eirghe as oifig, féadfaidh, tráth ar bith roimh an eirghe as oifig sin do dhul in éifeacht fén bhfo-alt deiridh sin roimhe seo den alt so, an t-eirghe as oifig sin do tharraing siar fé mar do chuir sé in úil é, le n-a n-áirmhítear cóip den tarraing siar san do chur go dtí an Chomhairle.
Baill den Chomhairle do chur as oifig.
13.—(1) Féadfaidh an tUachtarán, ar chomhairle an Riaghaltais, aon bhall den Chomhairle bheidh ceaptha aige do chur as oifig tráth ar bith.
(2) Is dleathach do Bhord Rialúcháin Chó-Scoile aon bhall den Chomhairle bheidh ceaptha ag an mBord Rialúcháin sin do chur as oifig, le toiliú an Aire, tráth ar bith.
Cruinnithe agus nós imeachta na Comhairle.
14.—(1) Beidh ag an gComhairle na cruinnithe sin agus an méid sin cruinnithe is gá, agus san na tráthanna is gá, chun a bhfeidhmeanna do chólíonadh.
(2) Déanfar gach ceist ag cruinniú den Chomhairle do shocrú le móráireamh de vótanna na mball a bheidh i láthair agus a vótálfaidh ar an gceist agus, i gcás có-ionannas vótanna, beidh an dara vóta no vóta réitigh ag cathaoirleach na Comhairle, no ag cathaoirleach an chruinnithe sin i gcás gan cathaoirleach na Comhairle do bheith i láthair.
(3) Isé is quorum do chruinniú den Chomhairle ná uimhir a bheidh aon thar an uimhir iomláin de Chó-Scoileanna bheidh ann de thurus na huaire.
(4) Is dleathach don Chomhairle gníomhú d'ainneoin folúntas no folúntaisí do bheith ina mballraíocht.
(5) Déanfaidh an Chomhairle, fé réir forálacha an Achta so, tráthanna a gcruinnithe agus modh gairmthe na mball chucha, maraon leis an nós imeachta bheidh le leanúint agus leis an ngnó bheidh le déanamh ag na cruinnithe sin, do rialáil le buan-orduithe no eile.
Có-shéala na hInstitiúide.
15.—(1) Chó luath agus is féidir é tar éis an Achta so do rith cuirfidh an Chomhairle có-shéala don Institiúid ar fáil, agus coinneoid an có-shéala san ina seilbh.
(2) Nuair a greamófar séala na hInstitiúide de scríbhinn ar bith, deimhneofar a dhílse le sighniú chathaoirleach na Comhairle no sighniú baill éigin eile dhi go n-údarás aige chuige sin ón gComhairle, maraon le contra-shighniú an Chlárathóra no contrashighniú oifigigh éigin eile den Institiúid go n-údarás aige chuige sin ón gComhairle.
(3) Bhéarfaidh gach cúirt bhreithiúnais áird ar shéala na hInstitiúide i gcúrsaí breithiúnais agus, gach scríbhinn do bhéarfaidh le tuigsint í bheith séaluithe le séala na hInstitiúide ar n-a dhílse-dheimhniú do réir an ailt seo, is tuigthe, mara gcruthuítear a mhalairt, í shéalú amhlaidh go cuibhe agus go dleathach agus, cheal an chruthnuithe sin, glacfar i bhfianaise í gan a thuilleadh cruthúnais agus, go sonnrách, gan crúthúnas ar aon tsighniú (le n-a n-áirmhítear contra-shighniú) a bheidh ar an scríbhinn sin ag deimhniú na dílse sin agus gan cruthúnas ar oifig ná ar údarás an duine go dtabharfaidh an sighniú san le tuigsint gurb é a shighniú é.
Aruis agus cóiríocht.
16.—(1) Beidh sé de dhualgas ar an gComhairle socrú do dhéanamh o am go ham, fé mar is gá, chun foirgintí oiriúnacha do thógáil no d'fháil (tré cheannach no ar léas no ar shlí eile) agus do chothabháil mar áruis don Institiúid agus do sna Có-Scoileanna uile agus fé seach agus fós chun cóiríocht oiriúnach do thabhairt sna foirgintí sin d'fhoirinn na hInstitiúide agus do gach foirinn Chó-Scoile.
(2) Beidh sé de dhualgas ar an gComhairle an troscán agus na feistisí agus an trealamh san uile, agus na nithe eile sin uile, do chur ar fáil is gá o am go ham chun na hInstitiúide agus na gCó-Scoileanna uile agus fé seach do bhainistí agus do stiúradh go héifeachtúil do réir an Achta so.
(3) Nuair a bheidh an Chomhairle ag cólíonadh na ndualgas a cuirtear ortha le fo-alt (1) den alt so ní dhéanfaid socrú chun foirgint ar bith do thógáil ná d'fháil gan ceadú an Aire, ar n-a thabhairt le haontú an Aire Airgeadais, do bheith faighte aca.
(4) Aon fhoirgintí gheobhaidh no thógfaidh an Chomhairle fén alt so agus ná beidh ag teastáil chun crícheanna na hInstitiúide ná aon Chó-Scoile, is dleathach don Chomhairle iad do chur ar léas chun an ndaoine sin, agus go ceann an téarma san agus ar na coinníollacha san, a chinnfidh an Chomhairle le ceadú an Airc ar n-a thabhairt le haontú an Aire Airgeadais, no iad do dhíol, no iad do chur de láimh ar shlí eile, ach an ceadú san ar n-a thabhairt leis an aontú san do bheith faighte ag an gComhairle.
(5) Is dleathach íoc do dhéanamh leis an Institiúid o am go ham, amach as airgead a sholáthróidh an tOireachtas, i ndeontaisí de sna méideanna san a mheasfaidh an tAire, le haontú an Aire Airgeadais, do bheith riachtanach chun an chostais chaipitiúil, no aon chuid den chostas chaipitiúil, do ghlanadh a bhainfidh le foirgint ar bith do thógáil no d'fháil fén alt so no le foirgint ar bith den tsórt san d'oiriúnú do ghnóthaí na hInstitiúide no aon Chó-Scoile áirithe.
An Clárathóir.
17.—(1) Ceapfaidh an Chomhairle oifigeach den Institiúid ar a dtabharfar, agus dá ngairmtear san Acht so, an Clárathóir.
(2) Isé an Clárathóir príomh-oifigeach feidhmiúcháin na hInstitiúide agus cólíonfa sé na dualgaisí sin a ceaptar dó leis an Acht so agus fós iad san a cheapfaidh an Chomhairle dhó.
(3) Beidh sé de dhualgas ar an gClárathóir gníomhú—
(a) mar rúnaidhe don Chomhairle, agus
(b) mar chuntasóir don Institiúid, agus
(c) mar chlárathóir do gach Có-Scoil fé leith, agus
(d) mar rúnaidhe do Bhord Rialúcháin gach Scoile fé leith aca san.
(4) Íocfar leis an gClárathóir an luach saothair sin, agus sealbhóidh sé oifig do réir na sealbhaíochta san agus ar na coinníollacha san, a chinnfidh an Chomhairle le ceadú an Aire ar n-a thabhairt le haontú an Aire Airgeadais.
(5) Duine ar bith bheidh i seilbh oifige na Clárathóireachta, ní dleathach dó, faid a bheidh an oifig sin aige, bheith i seilbh aon oifige ná puist eile, acadamhúil no neamh-acadamhúil, san Institiúid ná in aon Chó-Scoil.
(6) Ní ceapfar duine ar bith chun bheith ina Chlárathóir fén alt so ná cuirfidh ina luighe ar an gComhairle gur féidir leis an Ghaedhilg do labhairt agus do scríobhadh i slí go bhféadfaidh a dhualgaisí oifigiúla do dhéanamh sa teangain sin.
Oifigigh agus seirbhísigh na hInstitiúide.
18.—(1) Ceapfaidh an Chomhairle na hoifigigh agus na seirbhísigh sin, agus an méid sin aca, don Institiúid, agus na hoifigigh cléireachais sin agus na hoifigigh neamh-acadamhúla eile sin agus na seirbhísigh sin, agus an méid sin aca, do gach ceann fé leith de sna Có-Scoileanna, is ceart dar leo, ach san fé réir cheadú an Aire, ar n-a thabhairt le haontú an Aire Airgeadais, maidir le líon na n-oifigeach agus na seirbhíseach san.
(2) Gach oifigeach agus seirbhíseach a ceapfar fén alt so, íocfaidh an Chomhairle leo an luach saothair sin, agus sealbhóid oifig do réir na sealbhaíochta san agus ar na coinníollacha san, a chinnfidh an Chomhairle le ceadú an Aire ar n-a thabhairt le haontú an Aire Airgeadais.
(3) Ní ceapfar duine ar bith chun bheith ina oifigeach ná ina sheirbhíseach fén alt so ná cuirfidh ina luighe ar an gComhairle gur féidir leis an Ghaedhilg do labhairt agus do scríobhadh i slí go bhféadfaidh a dhualgaisí oifigiúla do dhéanamh sa teangain sin.
Aois-liúntaisí.
19.—(1) Beidh sé de dhualgas ar an gComhairle scéim d'ullmhú agus do chur fé bhráid an Aire, chó luath tar éis an Achta so do rith agus a bheidh caoi ann chuige sin, is scéim chun deontaisí no aiscí no liúntaisí eile do dheonadh, ar a ndul as oifig, do sna hOllamhain Sinsearacha san agus do sna buan-bhaill lán-aimsire sin d'fhuirinn acadamhúil na gCó-Scoileanna uile agus fé seach, agus do sna buan-oifigigh lán-aimsire sin den Institiúid, a chinnfidh an Chomhairle le ceadú an Aire ar n-a thabhairt le haontú an Aire Airgeadais.
(2) Aon scéim a cuirfear fé bhráid an Aire fén alt so, agus a cheadóidh an tAire le haontú an Aire Airgeadais, cuirfidh an Chomhairle i bhfeidhm í do réir a téarmaí.
(3) Is dleathach don Chomhairle aon scéim fén alt so do leasú tráth ar bith le ceadú an Aire ar n-a thabhairt le haontú an Airc Airgeadais.
(4) An scéim a cuirfear fé bhráid an Aire agus a ceadófar fén alt so, ceapfar léi an tráth a raghaidh agus na coinníollacha ar a raghaidh na daoine uile as oifig le n-a mbeidh pinsin no aiscí no liúntaisí (ar a ndul as oifig) iníoctha fén scéim, agus is dleathach tráthanna agus coinníollacha deifriúla den tsórt san do cheapadh amhlaidh alos aicmí deifriúla de sna daoine sin.
(5) Má eiríonn aon aighneas i dtaobh ceart duine ar bith chun aon phinsin no aisce no liúntais is iníoctha de bhun scéime fén alt so, no i dtaobh méid an chéanna, cuirfear an t-aighneas san fé bhráid an Aire agus cuirfidh seisean fé bhreith an Aire Airgeadais é agus ní bheidh dul thar a bhreith-sean air.
(6) Gach scéim a cuirfear fé bhráid an Aire agus a ceadófar fén alt so, leagfar í fé bhráid gach Tighe den Oireachtas chó luath agus is féidir é tar éis a ceaduithe amhlaidh, agus má dheineann ceachtar Tigh aca san, fé cheann an lá is fiche shuidhfidh an Tigh sin tar éis na scéime sin do leagadh fé n-a bhráid, rún do rith ag cur na scéime sin ar nea-mbrí, beidh an scéim sin curtha ar nea-mbrí dá réir sin ach beidh san gan dochar do bhailíocht éinní do rinneadh roimhe sin fén scéim sin.
Daoine do cheapadh chun fuirinne acadamhúla Có-Scoile agus do chur den chéanna.
20.—(1) Gach duine ceapfar chun puist (seachas post Ollamhan Sinsearaigh) ar fhuirinn acadamhúil Chó-Scoile, isí an Chomhairle cheapfaidh é, agus is ar iarratas (le ceadú an Aire) o Bhord Rialúcháin na Có-Scoile sin a déanfar an ceapadh, agus ní dhéanfaidh an Chomhairle aon cheapadh den tsórt san ach amháin de dhruim agus do réir iarratais den tsórt san.
(2) Gach ball lán-aimsire inphinsin (seachas Ollamh Sinsearach) d'fhuirinn acadamhúil Chó-Scoile a cuirfear as oifig, isí an Chomhairle chuirfidh as oifig é, agus is ar iarratas (le ceadú an Aire) o Bhord Rialúcháin na Có-Scoile sin a déanfar an cur as oifig, agus ní dhéanfaidh an Chomhairle aon chur as oifig den tsórt san ach amháin de dhruim agus do réir iarratais den tsórt san.
(3) Pé uair iarrfaidh Bord Rialúcháin Chó-Scoile ar an gComhairle (le ceadú an Aire) duine a hainmneofar do cheapadh chun puist áirithe (seachas post Ollamhan Sinsearaigh) ar fhuirinn acadamhúil na Scoile sin, no ball lán-aimsire inphinsin áirithe (seachas Ollamh Sinsearach) den fhuirinn sin do chur as oifig, déanfaidh an Chomhairle an ceapadh no an cur as oifig sin (fé mar a bheidh) do réir an iarratais sin.
(4) Beidh líon agus luach saothair agus sealbhaíocht oifige agus coinníollacha fostaíochta ball fuirinne acadamhúla Có-Scoile (seachas na hOllamhain Sinsearacha) mar a chinnfidh Bord Rialúcháin na Scoile sin o am go ham le ceadú an Aire ar n-a thabhairt le haontú an Aire Airgeadais.
Teideal ag cathaoirleach na Comhairle bheith ag Cruinnithe Bord Rialúcháin.
21.—(1) Beidh cathaoirleach na Comhairle i dteideal bheith ag gach cruinniú de Bhord Rialúcháin Chó-Scoile agus páirt do ghabháil sna díospóireachtaí ag an gcruinniú san agus, chuige sin, gairmfear é go dtí gach cruinniú den tsórt san agus seolfar chuige an clár oibre agus na scríbhinní eile cuirfear amach maidir leis an gcruinniú san.
(2) I gcás cathaoirleach na Comhairle do bheith ag cruinniú de Bhord Rialúcháin Chó-Scoile de bhuadh an ailt seo, ní bheidh sé i dteideal vótáil ar aon cheist a socrófar ag an gcruinniú san le vóta na mball den Bhord Rialúcháin sin a bheidh ag an gcruinniú san.
Comhachta na Comhairle maidir le foillseacháin agus scoláireachtaí.
22.—(1) Beidh sé de dhualgas ar an gComhairle, ar Bhord Rialúcháin Chó-Scoile dá mholadh san, socrú do dhéanamh chun dréachta léighinn is tortha staidéir no taighde do rinneadh sa Chó-Scoil sin no fé n-a húdarás, no do rinneadh ar leithligh uaithi ach i dtaobh abhar le n-a mbainfidh feidhmeanna agus dualgaisí na Có-Scoile sin, d'fhoillsiú sa tslí luadhfar sa mholadh san agus ar chostas na Có-Scoile sin.
(2) Is dleathach don Chomhairle socrú do dhéanamh, más oiriúnach leo é, chun irisleabhair léigheanta no foillseacháin tréimhsiúla eile do chur amach, agus is dleathach dóibh socrú do dhéanamh chun aon dréachta léighinn den tsórt a luaidhtear sa bhfo-alt deiridh sin roimhe seo den alt so do chur sna foillseacháin sin.
(3) Is dleathach don Chomhairle scoláireachtaí do chur ar fáil chun a sealbhuithe i gceann ar bith de sna Có-Scoileanna.
Rialacháin.
23.—(1) Beidh sé de dhualgas ar an gComhairle rialacháin do dhéanamh tré n-a ndéanfar socrú, fé réir forálacha an Achta so, chun na hInstitiúide do rialú go maith agus, fé réir an orduithe bhunúcháin oiriúnaigh agus an Achta so, chun gach Có-Scoil fé leith do rialú go maith.
(2) Ní bheidh éifeacht ag rialachán ar bith a déanfar fén alt so mara gceaduighidh ná go dtí go gceadóidh an tAire é.
(3) Ní déanfar rialachán ar bith fén alt so chun Có-Scoil do rialú go maith ach amháin tar éis dul i gcomhairle le Bord Rialúcháin na Scoile sin.
Athchomhairc chun an Aire o Bhúird Rialúcháin Cho-Scoileanna.
24.—Má bhíonn Bord Rialúcháin Chó-Scoile mí-shásta le haon ghníomh a dhéanfaidh an Chomhairle no bheartóid a dhéanamh fén Acht so i dtaobh an Bhúird sin no na Scoile sin, no leis an gComhairle do dhiúltú d'aon ghníomh den tsórt san do dhéanamh fén Acht so, is dleathach don Bhord Rialúcháin sin athchomharc do dhéanamh chun an Aire, agus leis sin bhéarfaidh an tAire a bhreith (le haontú an Aire Airgeadais i gcás an t-athchomharc san do bhaint le cúrsaí airgeadais) ar an athchomharc san agus ní bheidh dul thar an mbreith sin.
An Stát do mhaoiniú na hInstitiúide agus na gCó-Scoileanna.
25.—(1) Sa bhliain airgeadais atá ann agus an tAcht so dá rith, agus i ngach bliain airgeadais ina dhiaidh sin, íocfar leis an Institiúid, amach as airgead a sholáthróidh an tOireachtas—
(a) deontas, den mhéid sin a chinnfidh an tAire le haontú an Aire Airgeadais alos na bliana san, mar chabhair chun costaisí riartha na hInstitiúide agus na gCó-Scoileanna d'íoc, agus
(b) deontas, den mhéid sin a chinnfidh an tAire le haontú an Aire Airgeadais i ngach bliain aca san, aios gach Có-Scoile fé leith a bheidh bunuithe de thurus na huaire.
(2) Déanfaidh an Chomhairle airgead a híocfar fé mhír (b) den fho-alt san roimhe seo den alt so leis an Institiúid, alos aon Chó-Scoile áirithe, do chur chun crícheanna na Scoile sin agus chun na gcrícheanna san amháin.
Comhacht chun táillí d'éileamh.
26.—(1) Beidh sé de chomhacht ag an Institiúid táillí, as mic léighinn do leigint isteach chun bheith páirteach in aon chúrsa árd-léighinn no taighde i gCó-Scoil, d'éileamh agus do ghlacadh agus do bhaint amach.
(2) Déanfaidh an Chomhairle méideanna na dtáillí, bheidh le héileamh fén alt so alos aon chúrsa, do cheapadh tar éis dóibh dul i gcomhairle le Bord Rialúcháin na Có-Scoile ina mbeidh an cúrsa san le déanamh.
(3) Déanfar na táillí a híocfar fén alt so alos aon chúrsa d'íoc leis an gComhairle, agus cuirfidh an Chomhairle iad chun crícheanna na Có-Scoile ina ndéanfar an cúrsa san.
Comhacht don Institiúid chun tabharthais do ghlacadh.
27.—(1) Is dleathach don Institiúid bronntanaisí i bhfuirm airgid no tailimh no maoine eile, chun Có-Scoileanna breise do chur ar bun no chun ollamhnachta no léigheachtóireachta no staidéarachta no scoláireachta do bhunú no chun foirgintí do thógáil no chun taighde do mhaoiniú no chun críche ar bith eile bhainfidh leis an Institiúid, do ghlacadh o dhuine ar bith ar na hiontaobhaisí agus na coinníollacha san, más ann dóibh, a luadhfaidh an bronntóir.
(2) Ní ghlacfaidh an Institiúid aon bhronntanas áirithe má bhíonn na coinníollacha ar a mbeifí sásta é bhronnadh de shaghas a bheadh buiniscionn le feidhmeanna na hInstitiúide.
(3) Déanfar bronntanaisí ghlacfaidh an Institiúid fén alt so alos Có-Scoile áirithe do chur chun tairbhe don Scoil sin agus chuige sin amháin, agus déanfar gach bronntanas eile glacfar amhlaidh do chur chun críche do réir na scéime sin, ar n-a ceadú ag an Aire, a ullamhóidh an Chomhairle tar éis dóibh dul i gcomhairle le Bord Rialúcháin gach Có-Scoile fé leith.
(4) Gach bronntanas a ghlacfaidh an Institiúid fén alt so, isí an Chomhairle a gheobhaidh agus a chuirfidh chun críche é.
Airgeadas, cuntaisí, agus iniúchadh.
28.—(1) Beidh sé de dhualgas ar an gComhairle cúrsaí airgeadais na hInstitiúide agus cúrsaí airgeadais gach Có-Scoile do riaradh agus, chuige sin, déanfar an t-airgead uile bheidh iníoctha fén Acht so no ar shlí eile, leis an Institiúid no le haon Chó-Scoil áirithe, d'íoc leis an gComhairle agus ghcobhaidh an Chomhairle é, agus isí an Chomhairle íocfaidh gach suim a bheidh le n'íoc ag an Institiúid no ag Có-Scoil no thar ceann ceachtar aca.
(2) Coimeádfaidh an Chomhairle, i bhfuirm a bheidh ceaduithe ag an Aire le haontú an Aire Airgeadais, gach cuntas is ceart agus is gnáth ar an airgead uile gheobhaid no chaithfid agus, go sonnrách, coimeádfaid, i bhfuirm a bheidh ceaduithe mar adubhradh, na cuntaisí speisialta san uile a ordóidh an tAire o am go ham uaidh féin no ar iarratas an Aire Airgeadais.
(3) Na cuntaisí bheidh á gcoimcád de bhun an ailt seo, cuirfidh an Chomhairle iad fé bhráid an Ard-Reachtaire Cunntas agus Ciste in aghaidh na bliana, an tráth san ordóidh an tAire le haontú an Aire Airgeadais, chun a n-iniúchta agus, nuair a bheidh na cuntaisí sin iniúchta amhlaidh, tíolacfar iad, maraon le tuarasgabháil an Ard-Reachtaire Cunntas agus Ciste ortha, don Aire, agus cuirfidh seisean fé ndeár cóipeanna dhíobh do leagadh fé bhráid gach Tighe den Oireachtas.
Tuarasgabháil bhliantúil ón gComhairle.
29.—(1) Déanfaidh an Chomhairle, i ngach bliain airgeadais, tuarasgabháil, ar obair na hInstitiúide agus ar obair na gCó-Scoileanna in aghaidh na bliana airgeadais díreach roimhe sin, do thíolacadh don Aire chun í chur fé bhráid an Riaghaltais.
(2) Beidh ina cuid de gach tuarasgabháil, a chuirfidh an Chomhairle fé bhráid an Riaghaltais de bhun an ailt seo alos aon bhliana airgeadais áirithe, cóip de gach tuarasgabháil a bheidh tugtha ag Bord Rialúcháin Chó-Scoile don Chomhairle alos na bliana airgeadais sin de bhun an orduithe bhunúcháin a bhainfidh leis an Scoil sin.
(3) Gach tuarasgabhail a chuirfidh an Chomhairle fé bhráid an Riaghaltais de bhun an ailt seo, leagfaidh an Riaghaltas cóip di fé bhráid gach Tighe den Oireachtas.
Costaisí.
30.—Sa mhéid go gceadóidh an tAire Airgeadais é is amach as airgead a sholáthróidh an tOireachtas a híocfar na costaisí fé n-a raghaidh an tAire chun an Achta so do riaradh.
Gearr-theideal.
31.—Féadfar an tAcht um Institiúid Ard-Léighinn, 1940, do ghairm den Acht so.
Number 13 of 1940.
INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES ACT, 1940.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Number 13 of 1940.
INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES ACT, 1940.
Definitions.
1.—In this Act—
the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Education;
the expression “the Institute” means the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies established by this Act;
the expression “Constituent School” means a school which forms part of the Institute and is established under this Act by an establishment order;
the expression “the Council” means the Council of the Institute;
the word “school” when used in the expression “Constituent School” or in relation to Constituent Schools generally includes any body or organisation adapted and suitable for the furtherance of advanced study and the conduct of research in a specialised branch of knowledge.
Establishment of the Institute.
2.—(1) There is hereby established an institute of higher learning which shall be styled and known as Institiúid Ard-Léighinn Bhaile Átha Cliath or (in English) the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, to fulfil the functions assigned to it by this Act.
(2) The Institute shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal, and power to sue and be sued in its corporate name and to hold and dispose of land.
(3) The seat of the Institute shall be in the County Borough of Dublin.
Functions of the Institute.
3.—(1) The functions of the Institute shall be to provide facilities for the furtherance of advanced study and the conduct of research in specialised branches of knowledge and for the publication of the results of advanced study and research whether carried on under the auspices of the Institute or otherwise.
(2) The facilities mentioned in the foregoing sub-section of this section shall be provided through and by means of Constituent Schools for different specialised branches of knowledge.
Establishment and disestablishment of Constituent Schools.
4.—(1) As soon as conveniently may be after the passing of this Act, the Government shall establish, either simultaneously or successively, under this Act—
(a) a Constituent School to be known as Scoil an Leighinn Cheiltigh or (in English) the School of Celtic Studies, and
(b) a Constituent School to be known as Scoil na Fisice Teoiriciúla or (in English) the School of Theoretical Physics.
(2) Whenever it appears to the Government that it is in the public interest that a Constituent School (other than the Constituent Schools mentioned in the foregoing sub-section of this section) should be established for the furtherance of advanced study and the conduct of research in a particular specialised branch of knowledge and each House of the Oireachtas has by resolution approved of the establishment of such Constituent School, the Government may establish under this Act a Constituent School for the purposes aforesaid.
(3) Whenever it appears to the Government that it is in the public interest that a Constituent School (other than the Constituent Schools mentioned in the first sub-section of this section) should be disestablished and each House of the Oireachtas has by resolution approved of such disestablishment, the Government shall disestablish under this Act such Constituent School.
The functions and duties of the Constituent Schools.
5.—(1) The functions and duties of the School of Celtic Studies shall be the promotion of Celtic studies generally, and, in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing—
(a) the investigation, editing, and publication of extant manuscript material in the Irish language;
(b) the grammatical, lexicographical, and philological study of Old, Middle, and Modern Irish;
(c) the phonetic investigation of existing Irish dialects and the recording of the living Irish speech;
(d) the collection and study of Irish place names;
(e) the study of Irish social history and of all branches of Irish history which require for their investigation a knowledge of the Irish language;
(f) the preparation and the recommendation to the Council for publication of works dealing with any of the subjects mentioned in any of the foregoing paragraphs of this sub-section and of other works calculated to promote a more general knowledge of the Celtic languages and of the literatures of those languages and of the cultural and social background of Celtic civilisation;
(g) the training of advanced students in the methods of research in any of the said subjects;
(h) the organisation of seminars, conferences, and lectures on the Celtic languages and on the literatures of those languages and, in particular, on matters of interest to students of the Irish language and of its literature;
(i) the provision of facilities for advanced study and research in Celtic studies for university professors and lecturers on leave of absence from their academic duties;
(j) the commissioning of competent scholars, whether associated or not associated with the Institute, to undertake, either with or without remuneration, the writing or the editing of works dealing with Celtic studies;
(k) the assistance of research in Celtic studies in other countries and the exchange with such countries of advanced students in those studies;
(l) such other functions and duties in relation to Celtic studies as may from time to time be decided on by the Governing Board of the School.
(2) The functions and duties of the School of Theoretical Physics shall be—
(a) the investigation of the mathematical principles of natural philosophy and the application of those principles to the physical and chemical group of sciences and to geophysics and cosmology;
(b) the training of advanced students in methods of original research in the said group of sciences and in geophysics and cosmology;
(c) the provision of facilities for advanced study and research in theoretical physics for university professors and lecturers on leave of absence from their academic duties;
(d) the organisation of seminars, conferences, and lectures on topics related to theoretical physics which lie on the frontiers of knowledge;
(e) the preparation and the recommendation to the Council for publication of descriptions of recent accessions to knowledge in the sphere of theoretical physics and in particular descriptions of such accessions resulting from the scientific activities of the School;
(f) the commissioning of competent scholars, whether associated or not associated with the Institute, to undertake, either with or without remuneration, the writing or the editing of works dealing with theoretical physics;
(g) such other functions and duties in relation to theoretical physics as may from time to time be decided on by the Governing Board of the School.
(3) Every Constituent School, other than the School of Celtic Studies and the School of Theoretical Physics, shall have such functions and duties as shall be assigned to it by the establishment order relating to it or by an order amending that order.
Method of establishing and disestablishing Constituent Schools.
6.—(1) Every Constituent School shall be established by means of an Order (in this Act referred to as an establishment order) made by the Government and complying with the provisions of this Act applicable thereto.
(2) A separate establishment order shall be made in respect of each Constituent School.
(3) The Government may, after consultation with the Governing Board of a Constituent School, by order amend the establishment order establishing such school, and may, by order made after the like consultation, amend any order made under this sub-section.
(4) A Constituent School which can lawfully be disestablished under this Act shall be disestablished by means of an order (in this Act referred to as a disestablishment order) made by the Government.
(5) A disestablishment order may contain all such provisions incidental to or consequential on the disestablishment of the Constituent School to which such order relates as shall appear to the Government to be necessary or proper.
(6) Every order made by the Government under any sub-section of this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made, and if either such House shall, within the next twenty-one days on which that House has sat after such order is laid before it, pass a resolution annulling such order, such order shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.
Establishment orders.
7.—Every establishment order shall contain, subject to the provisions of this Act, such provisions in relation to the regulation and conduct of the Constituent School thereby established as the Government shall think proper, and, in particular, shall provide for the following matters, that is to say:—
(a) the name by which such School shall be known;
(b) the functions and duties of such School in relation to the specialised branch of knowledge in respect of which such School is established;
(c) the management of such School by a Governing Board having power to direct and control the work of the School, to frame and carry out or provide for the carrying out of schemes of study and research, and to do such other things as may be necessary for the efficient conduct and working of the School;
(d) the constitution of such Governing Board as a board consisting of—
(i) a chairman appointed by the President on the advice of the Government, and (ii) certain members similarly appointed, and
(iii) the Senior Professors of the School;
(e) the term of office and removal of the members of such Governing Board;
(f) subject to the provisions of this Act, the appointment, term of office, and removal of Senior Professors of the School;
(g) the appointment and removal of professors, visiting professors, assistants, and other academic members of the staff of such School, and the admission and dismissal of students;
(h) the appointment of a Director of such School from amongst the Senior Professors of the School and the powers, duties, and period of office of such Director;
(i) the relations of such School and the Governing Board thereof with the Institute, and with the Minister and the Government;
(j) the presentation by the Governing Board of such School of an annual report of the work of the School.
Appointment, etc., of the Senior Professors of a Constituent School.
8.—(1) The Senior Professors of a Constituent School shall be appointed and removed by the President on the advice of the Government.
(2) The Governing Board of a Constituent School may at any time submit to the Minister a proposal for the appointment of a named person to be a Senior Professor of that School or for the removal from office of a particular Senior Professor of the School.
(3) Every proposal submitted under the next preceding sub-section of this section to the Minister shall be brought before the Government by the Minister and shall be considered by the Government.
(4) The numbers, salaries, tenure of office and other conditions of service of the Senior Professors of a Constituent School shall be such as the Government, on the recommendation of the Minister with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance, shall from time to time determine either generally or in respect of any particular Senior Professor.
(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, the salary, tenure of office, and conditions of service at and on which a Senior Professor is appointed shall not be altered without his consent during his term of office and no Senior Professor shall be removed from his office in contravention of the terms on which he was appointed thereto.
The Council of the Institute.
9.—(1) The body corporate of the Institute shall consist of the Council of the Institute.
(2) The general government of the Institute and the administration of the affairs thereof shall be vested in the Council.
(3) The first Council shall consist of a chairman and four other members all of whom shall be appointed by the President on the advice of the Government, and of the ex-officio members of the Council.
(4) The first Council shall be appointed as soon as conveniently may be after the passing of this Act and shall subsist until whichever of the following later happens and shall then cease, that is to say:—
(a) the expiration of one year from the passing of this Act, or
(b) the issue by the Taoiseach of a certificate in writing under his hand that the second Council has been duly appointed.
(5) Subject to the provisions of this section in relation to the first Council, the Council shall consist of one member (who shall be the chairman) appointed by the President on the advice of the Government, the ex-officio members of the Council, and two members from each Constituent School for the time being established.
(6) The members of the Council from a Constituent School shall be appointed by the Governing Board of such School from amongst their own members.
(7) At all times, at least one of the members of the Council from any particular Constituent School shall be a person who is a member of the Governing Board of such Constituent School by virtue of appointment and not by virtue of being a Senior Professor.
(8) Every quinquennial appointment of members of the Council shall be made and completed before the 30th day of June on which the terms of office of their predecessors expire.
The ex-officio members of the Council.
10.—The persons who, for the time being, occupy the following offices, namely:—
(a) President of University College, Dublin,
(b) Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, and
(c) President of the Royal Irish Academy,
shall be ex-officio members of the Council, and in this Act, the expression “the ex-officio members of the Council” shall be construed accordingly.
Tenure of office of members of the Council.
11.—(1) Every member of the first Council (other than members thereof appointed to fill casual vacancies) shall, unless he sooner dies, resigns, or is removed, hold office until the date appointed by section 9 of this Act for the cesser of the first Council, but shall be eligible for reappointment.
(2) Every member of the Council (other than members of the first Council and members appointed to fill casual vacancies) shall, unless he sooner dies, resigns, or is removed, hold office either (as the case may require) from the date appointed by section 9 of this Act for the cesser of the first Council until the 30th day of June, 1945, or from the 30th day of June next after his appointment until the next following quinquennial anniversary of that date, and shall in every case be eligible for reappointment.
(3) Whenever a member of the Council appointed by the President dies, resigns, or is removed, the President, on the advice of the Government, shall appoint a person to fill the casual vacancy so occasioned.
(4) Whenever a member of the Council appointed by the Governing Board of a Constituent School dies, resigns, or is removed, such Governing Board shall appoint from amongst their own members a person to fill the casual vacancy so occasioned.
(5) Every person appointed to fill a casual vacancy in the membership of the Council shall, unless he sooner dies, resigns, or is removed, hold office for the remainder of the period for which the member whose death, resignation, or removal (as the case may be) occasioned such casual vacancy would have held office if he had not died, resigned, or been removed and shall then retire, but shall be eligible for reappointment.
(6) The provisions of this section shall not apply to ex-officio members of the Council.
Resignation of members of the Council.
12.—(1) Any member of the Council (other than an ex-officio member of the Council) may, at any time, resign his office as such member by letter sent—
(a) in the case of a member appointed by the President, to the Taoiseach for submission to the President,
(b) in any other case, to the Governing Board of the Constituent School which appointed him.
(2) A member of the Council who resigns under this section shall send a copy of his letter of resignation to the Council, and his resignation shall take effect as from the beginning of the first meeting of the Council held after the expiration of one month, in the case of a member appointed by the President, from the receipt by the Council from the Taoiseach of a notification that such resignation has been accepted or, in any other case, from the receipt of the said copy by the Council.
(3) A member of the Council who has resigned under this section may, at any time before such resignation takes effect under the next preceding sub-section of this section, withdraw such resignation in the like manner as such resignation was made, including the sending of a copy of such withdrawal to the Council.
Removal of members of the Council.
13.—(1) The President, on the advice of the Government, may at any time remove any member of the Council appointed by him.
(2) The Governing Board of a Constituent School may, at any time, with the the consent of the Minister remove any member of the Council appointed by such Governing Board.
Meetings and procedure of the Council.
14.—(1) The Council shall hold such and so many meetings and at such times as may be necessary for the discharge of its functions.
(2) Every question at a meeting of the Council shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting on the question, and in the case of an equal division of votes, the chairman of the Council or, if he is not present, the chairman of such meeting shall have a second or casting vote.
(3) The quorum for a meeting of the Council shall be a number equal to the total number of Constituent Schools for the time being in existence increased by one.
(4) The Council may act notwithstanding one or more vacancies in its membership.
(5) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Council shall regulate by standing orders or otherwise the times of and mode of summoning its meetings and the procedure to be observed and the business to be transacted at its meetings.
Common seal of the Institute.
15.—(1) As soon as may be after the passing of this Act, the Council shall provide and retain in their possession a common seal for the Institute.
(2) The seal of the Institute shall, when affixed to any document, be authenticated by the signature of the chairman of the Council or some other member thereof authorised in that behalf by the Council and the counter-signature of the Registrar or some other officer of the Institute authorised in that behalf by the Council.
(3) All courts of justice shall take judicial notice of the seal of the Institute, and every document purporting to be sealed with the seal of the Institute and to be authenticated in accordance with this section shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to have been duly and lawfully so sealed and shall, unless as aforesaid, be received in evidence without further proof and, in particular, without proof of any signature (including a counter-signature) affixed to such document for the purpose of such authentication and without proof of the office or authority of the person whose signature such signature purports to be.
Housing and accommodation.
16.—(1) It shall be the duty of the Council from time to time, as occasion requires, to make provision for erecting or acquiring (whether by purchase or on lease or otherwise) and maintaining suitable buildings to house the Institute and the several Constituent Schools and for the accommodation in a suitable manner in such buildings of the staff of the Institute and of the several Constituent Schools.
(2) It shall be the duty of the Council to provide all such furniture, fittings, and equipment and all such other things whatsoever as are from time to time necessary for the efficient management and conduct of the Institute and the several Constituent Schools in accordance with this Act.
(3) The Council, in carrying out the duties imposed on them by sub-section (1) of this section, shall not provide for the erection or acquisition of any building without the approval of the Minister given with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance.
(4) Any buildings acquired or erected by the Council under this section which are not required for the purposes of the Institute or of any Constituent School may be leased by the Council to such persons for such term and upon such conditions as the Council, with the approval of the Minister given with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance, may determine, or may, with the like approval and concurrence, be sold or otherwise disposed of by the Council.
(5) There may be paid to the Institute, from time to time, out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas, grants of such amounts as the Minister with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance may consider necessary towards defraying the whole or any part of the capital cost of erecting or acquiring any building under this section, or adapting any such building for the purposes of the Institute or any Constituent School.
The Registrar.
17.—(1) The Council shall appoint an officer of the Institute who shall be known and is in this Act referred to as the Registrar.
(2) The Registrar shall be the chief executive officer of the Institute and shall perform such duties as are assigned to him by the Council or by this Act.
(3) It shall be the duty of the Registrar to act—
(a) as secretary to the Council, and
(b) as accountant to the Institute, and
(c) as registrar of each Constituent School, and
(d) as secretary to the Governing Board of each such School.
(4) The Registrar shall be paid such remuneration and shall hold office on such tenure and conditions as the Council shall, with the approval of the Minister given with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance, determine.
(5) No person holding the office of Registrar shall, while he holds that office, hold any other office or position, whether academic or non-academic, in the Institute or any Constituent School.
(6) No person shall be appointed to be Registrar under this section unless he satisfies the Council that he possesses such an oral and written knowledge of the Irish language as will enable him to use that language in the performance of his official duties.
Officers and servants of the Institute.
18.—(1) The Council shall appoint such and so many officers and servants for the Institute and such and so many clerical and other non-academic officers and servants for each of the Constituent Schools as they think proper, but subject, in regard to the numbers of such officers and servants, to the approval of the Minister given with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance.
(2) Every officer and servant appointed under this section shall be paid by the Council such remuneration and shall hold office by such tenure and on such conditions as the Council, with the approval of the Minister given with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance, shall determine.
(3) No person shall be appointed to be an officer or servant under this section unless he satisfies the Council that he possesses such an oral and written knowledge of the Irish language as will enable him to use that language in the performance of his official duties.
Superannuation.
19.—(1) It shall be the duty of the Council, as soon as conveniently may be after the passing of this Act, to prepare and submit to the Minister a scheme for the granting of pensions, gratuities, or other allowances on retirement to such Senior Professors and permanent whole-time members of the academic staff of the several Constituent Schools, and to such permanent whole-time officers of the Institute as the Council, with the approval of the Minister and the concurrence of the Minister for Finance, may determine.
(2) Any scheme submitted to the Minister under this section shall, if approved of by the Minister with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance, be carried out by the Council in accordance with the terms thereof.
(3) The Council may at any time, with the approval of the Minister given with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance, amend any scheme under this section.
(4) The scheme submitted and approved of under this section shall fix the time and conditions of retirement for all persons to whom pensions, gratuities, or allowances on retirement are payable under the scheme, and different such times and conditions may be so fixed in respect of different classes of such persons.
(5) If any dispute shall arise as to the claim of any person to, or the amount of, any pension, gratuity or allowance payable in pursuance of a scheme under this section, such dispute shall be submitted to the Minister who shall refer it to the Minister for Finance, whose decision thereon shall be final.
(6) Every scheme submitted and approved of under this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is so approved of and if either House shall, within the next twenty-one days on which such House has sat after such scheme is laid before it, pass a resolution annulling such scheme, such scheme shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.
Appointments to and removals from the academic staff of a Constituent School.
20.—(1) Every appointment to a position (other than the position of Senior Professor) on the academic staff of a Constituent School shall be made by the Council on the request (with the approval of the Minister) of the Governing Board of such Constituent School, and no such appointment shall be made by the Council otherwise than on and in accordance with such request.
(2) Every removal from office of a pensionable, whole-time member (other than a Senior Professor) of the academic staff of a Constituent School shall be made by the Council on the request (with the approval of the Minister) of the Governing Board of such Constituent School, and no such removal from office shall be made by the Council otherwise than on and in accordance with such request.
(3) Whenever the Governing Board of a Constituent School requests (with the approval of the Minister) the Council to appoint a named person to a specified position (other than the position of Senior Professor) on the academic staff of such School or to remove from office a specified pensionable, whole-time member (other than a Senior Professor) of such staff, the Council shall make such appointment or removal (as the case may be) in accordance with such request.
(4) The numbers, remuneration, tenure, and conditions of employment of the members (other than the Senior Professors) of the academic staff of a Constituent School shall be such as shall from time to time be determined by the Governing Board of that School, with the approval of the Minister and the concurrence of the Minister for Finance.
Attendance of the chairman of the Council at meetings of Governing Boards.
21.—(1) The chairman of the Council shall be entitled to attend every meeting of the Governing Board of a Constituent School and to take part in the discussions at such meeting and shall for that purpose be summoned to every such meeting and be sent the agenda and other documents circulated in relation to such meeting.
(2) Where the chairman of the Council attends by virtue of this section a meeting of the Governing Board of a Constituent School, he shall not be entitled to vote on any question decided at such meeting by a vote of the members of such Governing Board present at such meeting.
Powers of the Council in relation to publications and scholarships.
22.—(1) It shall be the duty of the Council, on the recommendation of the Governing Board of a Constituent School, to provide for the publication, in the manner stated in such recommendation and at the expense of such Constituent School, of contributions to learning which are the results of study or research carried on either in or under the authority of such Constituent School, or independently thereof but in relation to subjects included in the functions and duties of such Constituent School.
(2) The Council may, if they so think fit, provide for the issuing of learned journals or other periodical publications and may provide for the inclusion therein of any such contributions to learning as are mentioned in the foregoing sub-section of this section.
(3) The Council may provide scholarships to be held in any of the Constituent Schools.
Regulations.
23.—(1) It shall be the duty of the Council to make regulations providing, subject to the provisions of this Act, for the good government of the Institute and, subject to the relevant establishment order and this Act, for the good government of every Constituent School.
(2) No regulation made under this section shall have effect unless or until it is approved of by the Minister.
(3) No regulation shall be made under this section for the good government of a Constituent School save after consultation with the Governing Board of that School.
Appeals to the Minister by Governing Boards of Constituent Schools.
24.—If the Governing Board of a Constituent School is dissatisfied with any action in relation to such Board or such School taken or proposed to be taken under this Act by the Council or with the refusal of the Council to take under this Act any such action, the said Governing Board may appeal to the Minister, and thereupon the Minister, with (in case such appeal relates to a matter of finance) the concurrence of the Minister for Finance, shall give his decision thereon, and such decision shall be final.
State endowment of the Institute and Constituent Schools.
25.—(1) In the financial year current at the passing of this Act and in every subsequent financial year, there shall be paid to the Institute out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas,—
(a) a grant towards the expenses of the administration of the Institute and the Constituent Schools of such amount as the Minister, with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance, shall in respect of such year determine, and
(b) a grant in respect of each Constituent School for the time being established of such amount as the Minister, with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance, shall in each such year determine.
(2) Moneys paid under paragraph (b) of the foregoing sub-section of this section to the Institute in respect of any particular Constituent School shall be applied by the Council for the purposes of that School only.
Power to charge fees.
26.—(1) The Institute shall have power to charge, receive, and recover fees for the admission of students to participate in any course of advanced study or research in a Constituent School.
(2) The amounts of the fees to be charged under this section in respect of any course shall be fixed by the Council after consultation with the Governing Board of the Constituent School in which such course is to be taken.
(3) Fees paid under this section in respect of any course shall be paid to the Council and shall be applied by the Council for the purposes of the Constituent School in which such course is taken.
Power of Institute to accept donations.
27.—(1) The Institute may accept from any person gifts of money, lands, or other property for the establishment of additional Constituent Schools, the foundation of professorships, lectureships, studentships, or scholarships, the erection of buildings, the endowment of research, or for any other purpose connected with the Institute, upon such trusts and conditions, if any, as may be specified by the person making the gift.
(2) The Institute shall not accept any gift, if the conditions attached by the donor to the acceptance thereof are such as to be inconsistent with the functions of the Institute.
(3) Gifts accepted by the Institute under this section in respect of a particular Constituent School shall be applied for the benefit of that School only, and all other gifts so accepted shall be applied in accordance with such scheme, approved by the Minister, as may be prepared by the Council after consultation with the Governing Board of each Constituent School.
(4) All gifts accepted by the Institute under this section shall be received and applied by the Council.
Finances, accounts and audit.
28.—(1) It shall be the duty of the Council to administer the financial affairs of the Institute and of every Constituent School and for that purpose all moneys paid under this Act or otherwise to the Institute or to any Constituent School shall be paid to and received by the Council and all disbursements made by or on behalf of the Institute or a Constituent School shall be made by the Council.
(2) The Council shall keep, in such form as shall be approved of by the Minister with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance, all proper and usual accounts of all moneys received or expended by them, and in particular shall keep in such form as aforesaid all such special accounts as the Minister of his own motion or at the request of the Minister for Finance shall from time to time direct.
(3) The accounts kept in pursuance of this section shall be submitted annually by the Council to the Comptroller and Auditor General for audit at such time as the Minister, with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance shall direct and the said accounts, when so audited, shall together with the report of the Comptroller and Auditor-General thereon be presented to the Minister who shall cause copies thereof to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas.
Annual report by the Council.
29.—(1) The Council shall, in every financial year, present to the Minister for submission to the Government a report of the work of the Institute and the Constituent Schools for the next previous financial year.
(2) There shall be included in every report submitted by the Council to the Government in pursuance of this section in respect of any financial year a copy of every report made to the Council in respect of that financial year by the Governing Board of a Constituent School in pursuance of the establishment order relating to such School.
(3) A copy of every report submitted by the Council to the Government in pursuance of this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas by the Government.
Expenses.
30.—The expenses incurred by the Minister in the administration of this Act shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Finance, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.
Short title.
31.—This Act may be cited as the Institute for Advanced Studies Act, 1940.