Seanad debates
Tuesday, 1 July 2003
Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Bill 2002: Committee Stage.
2:30 pm
Martin Mansergh (Fianna Fail)
The Minister of State may correct me but my reading of section 9 is that, in practice, the deputy chairperson must be a Senator. Otherwise, section 9(1) does not make any sense. If that position is to be held by a Senator, it should be the Cathaoirleach. I would prefer this to be stated explicitly rather than implicitly.
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