Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)

Amendment No. 24 tidies up the terms in section 40(1) due to the more substantive amendment No. 25. Amendment No. 25 amends section 40(1)(d) removing the requirement that a member of the authority must relinquish such membership on becoming a member of a local authority. It gives effect to an amendment tabled by Senator Ryan. Amendment No. 26 removes a clause in section 40(5) which disqualified members of a local authority from becoming a member of the Dublin transport authority.