Tom Parlon (Laois-Offaly, Progressive Democrats)

I move amendment No. 2:

In page 8, lines 39 and 40, to delete "joint staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas" and substitute "staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission".

Both amendments are technical and were put forward by the Office of the Attorney General. Section 6 of the Bill amends section 2(2) (d) and section 2(2)(e) of the 1956 Act to provide for the appropriate authority in respect of the staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas. The proposed amendments change the current reference in the Bill to "joint staff" to read "the staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission", in accordance with section 12(1) of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Act 2003, which states that a person who, immediately before the establishment day was a member of the staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas, or the joint staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas, shall be transferred to and become a member of the staff of the commission on that day.

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