108.—F553[(1) F554[A quorum] for a meeting of the Board shall be 3.]

F555[(1A) F556[…]

(1B) F556[…]

(1C) F556[…]

(1D) F556[…]]

(2) Subject to subsection (1), the Board may act notwithstanding a vacancy in the office of chairperson or deputy chairperson or among the ordinary members.

(3) Where a vacancy occurs or is due to occur in the office of chairperson or deputy chairperson or among the ordinary members, the Minister shall, as soon as may be, take steps to fill the vacancy.

(4) F554[(a) Where, owing to the illness of the chairperson or of an ordinary member, or for any other reason, a sufficient number of members of the Board is not available to enable the Board effectively to perform its functions, the Minister may, as an interim measure, appoint, from persons who are, or were formerly, established civil servants for the purposes of the Civil Service Regulation Acts 1956 to 2005, established public servants in state agencies or employees of the Board, one or more than one person who is, in the opinion of the Minister, a suitably qualified person, to be an ordinary member.]

(b) A person shall not be appointed to be an ordinary member under this subsection for a term in excess of one year.