Paul Coghlan (Fine Gael)

): Government amendments Nos. 71 and 72 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Government amendment No. 71:

In page 94, to delete line 21, and substitute the following:

"7. The oral hearing shall be held otherwise than in public unless—

(a) the licensee to whom the investigation concerned relates or, if the investigation arose in consequence of the receipt of a complaint, the complainant makes a request in writing to the Authority that the hearing (or a part thereof) be held in public and states in the request the reasons for the request, and

(b) the Authority, after considering the request (in particular, the reasons for the request), is satisfied that it would be appropriate to comply with the request.".