Ivana Bacik (Independent)

They clearly were, and they should not have done it. That will be a suitable rap on the knuckles.

I wish to support the principle expressed in the amendments proposed for section 46 which concerns the power to summon witnesses. The section provides that the authority may examine on oath the witnesses attending before it. It should provide also that it could examine on affirmation rather than on oath, which is a very well-established procedure in our courts where matters are being attested to. It is an omission not to include it in this section.