Acting Chairman:

Amendments Nos. 31 and 32 are related and may be discussed together, by leave of the House. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Acting Chairman:

Government amendment No. 31:

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In page 17, to delete lines 32 to 38 and to substitute the following:

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"'ownership' includes any proprietary interest in any business related to the functions of the Agency, whether that interest is freehold, leasehold or beneficial, and applies where the interest–

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(a) is held solely by the person being appointed or shared with one or more persons, and

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(b) at the time of his or her appointment, has a value of €5,000 or more.".