Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail)

——public representatives from membership of national boards and authorities. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Dermot Ahern, responded by saying he always searched legislation from his Department to ensure that provision was excluded. The Chief Parliamentary Counsel inserts this provision automatically. Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas and Members of the European Parliament are generally excluded. The Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 does not have such an exclusion because one of our Members is vice-chairperson of the board.