Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 7:

In page 12, line 2, after “person” to insert “through the Public Appointments Service”.

This is one of a number of amendments dealing with matters in respect of which the Minister of State, Deputy Burke, indicated on Committee Stage that he may table amendments of his own - not on Report Stage, but in the Seanad. It relates to a proposal whereby, in the appointment of the chairperson of the board or members of the board under a later amendment or members of the appeals committee under a further amendment, there would be an explicit mention of the use of the Public Appointments Service, PAS. I am happy to withdraw my amendment at this stage if the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, is in a position to indicate whether the Department is still considering the possibility of tabling amendments in the Seanad.

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