Fergal Browne (Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 21:

In page 35, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following new subsection:

"(7) In the event that the Council receives a complaint regarding a registrant who is also a member of the Council, that member shall absent himself or herself from any meetings, discussions, investigations or votes pertaining to the investigation of such a complaint.".

It is obvious that if one is accused of something, one cannot be the judge and the jury in that case.