Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

Senator Norris referred to the terminology used in section 6, specifically subsection (6) which sets out the circumstances in which a person ceases to hold the office of legal services ombudsman. These include when the person is nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann or is elected as a Member of either House of the Oireachtas or of the European Parliament. This terminology is used to deal with circumstances in which the person ceases to hold the position because he or she is nominated or elected to one of the Houses, whereas section 5 deals with those people who are not eligible to be appointed legal services ombudsman in the first instance. A distinction must be drawn in this context.

Senators will note that in section 5(3)(a) reference is only——