Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 1:

In page 6, line 5, after "his" to insert "or her".

This amendment is entirely technical in nature and refers to the definition of "governor". As a general rule, the practice in legislation is to refer to gender-neutral terms such as "member", "practitioner", "officer", "Minister", etc., in a gender-neutral fashion by using the phrases "him and her" or "his or her". I presume it is merely an omission on the Parliamentary Counsel's part that, in the definition, the governor is referred to only in masculine terms. However, this omission does, perhaps, betray outdated stereotypes.