(1) The Board may from time to time appoint such and so many persons, not being members of staff of the Board, as it considers appropriate to carry out the mediation functions assigned to them by the Board.

(2) The Board may form a panel comprising the names of the persons who stand appointed under subsection (1).

(3) A person appointed under subsection (1) shall be appointed for such period as the Board may determine and, subject to subsection (4), his or her terms and conditions shall be such as the Board may determine from time to time.

(4) A person appointed under subsection (1) shall be paid such fees and expenses as the Board, with the consent of the Minister and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, may determine from time to time.

(5) A person appointed under subsection (1) may, by notice in writing addressed to the Board, at any time resign from his or her appointment and his or her resignation shall take effect on the date on which the Board receives the notice, or the date stated in the notice, whichever is the later.

(6) The Board may for stated reasons revoke an appointment under subsection (1).