Seanad debates
Wednesday, 2 July 2003
Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages.
This amendment picks up where the previous amendment left off. Unfortunately, that amendment was declared lost. The provisions amendment No. 8 seeks to include would have the effect of improving the commission, which would be better if one of its members was a staff representative. Given its broad nature, the amendment would allow the Government latitude in the legislation and would not restrict it in terms of who might be the staff representative. The amendment refers only to a representative of the staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas. Once again, I would argue the point made yesterday by myself and others that the Government has promoted—
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