Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

I move amendment No. 36:

In page 34, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following:

"(13) A member of the Appeals Board shall cease to be qualified for membership of the Appeals Board and shall cease to be such member if he or she—

(a) is adjudicated bankrupt,

(b) makes a composition or arrangement with creditors, or

(c) is sentenced by a court of competent jurisdiction to a term of imprisonment.

(14) Where a member of the Appeals Board is—

(a) nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann,

(b) elected as a member of either House of the Oireachtas or to be a representative in the European Parliament, or

(c) regarded pursuant to Part XIII of the Second Schedule to the European Parliament Elections Act 1997 as having been elected to that Parliament,

he or she shall thereupon cease to be a member of the Appeals Board.

(15) A person who is for the time being entitled under the Standing Orders of either House of the Oireachtas to sit therein or who is a representative in the European Parliament shall, while he or she is so entitled or such a representative, be disqualified from being appointed as a member of the Appeals Board.".

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