Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Regarding the lay issue, which is linked because all these groups tie in, I am pretty sure that we are recommending that some of the people nominated by the NGOs could have had a legal background. They could be there representing the Irish Council for Civil Liberties but they would still come from the lay category so it is removing the "lay" definition from the people who come from those NGOs. We have said that while they are coming from that component body, the fact that they would have a legal background and be involved in that body would not necessarily exclude them or count them as one of the legal people. They could come out of the lay bit and that is why it is removed there. I think that is what it is.