Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)

These amendments make similar provisions in a number of significant respects regarding the Refugee Applications Commissioner and the chairperson of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal, respectively. Each has two purposes: they make provision for a situation where through some unforeseen circumstance the office holder is temporarily unable to carry out the functions of the office; and they set out to a greater or lesser degree of detail the powers of the office holder to manage the business of the office.