Liam Twomey (Wexford, Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 34:

In page 37, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following:

53. The Council may, if it appears to it desirable in the public interest to do so, irrespective of whether or not it has received a complaint, investigate any matter that appears to it to indicate that a registrant may have—

(a) committed an offence, or

(b) behaved in a manner that would contravene the grounds set out in section 52(1).

This amendment is designed to give the council power to initiate investigations on complaints or matters of public interest. I am not sure if this issue is covered elsewhere in the legislation.

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