Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)

I move amendment No. 22:

In page 31, between lines 44 and 45, to insert the following:

"(19) Where the Board establishes a subcommittee of any committee established under this section, that subcommittee may perform any of the functions of the committee concerned as if it were that committee, and every reference in this Act to that committee shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as including a reference to that subcommittee.".

This is a defining amendment and is designed to ensure that the board functions properly. Under it, a sub-committee or any committee may perform any of the functions of a particular committee. In other words, a sub-committee of the fitness to practise committee can perform the functions of that committee. The amendment merely determines different functions.

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