Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)

I move amendment No. 3:

In page 3, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following:

"(c) The nominees of the Minister for appointment or reappointment to the Authority shall appear before the relevant Joint Oireachtas Committee.

(d) A person to whom paragraph (a) applies shall, on the request of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, give evidence to the Committee on—

(i)his or her suitability for appointment to the position of member of the Authority,

(ii)his or her qualifications for appointment to the position of member of the Authority.

(e) Where the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Innovation approves the nomination of a person under paragraph (c) the Minister shall order their appointment by resolution of Dáil Éireann.

(f) The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Innovation shall, for the purposes of making recommendations to the Minister under this section and making recommendation in respect of any casual vacancies or other vacancies as they arise on the Authority to keep the membership of the Authority at the statutory minimum requirement, may establish a panel, for such duration, and consisting of such number of persons as the Joint Oireachtas Committee thinks proper.

(g) Persons placed on a panel established under paragraph (f) shall have experience of, and expertise in matters connected with:

(i)the functions of the Authority, and/or

(ii)law, economics, public administration, consumer affairs, or business generally.

(h) The Joint Oireachtas Committee shall have joint responsibility with the Minister for the selection and placing of candidates on a panel established under paragraph (f).".

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