Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Amendment No. 20 is a technical amendment to ensure the correct reference to the Act concerned. Amendment No. 23 is being tabled so that the provisions on the functions of the authority better reflect the new powers of inspection provided for in Part 3, as inserted, that is, the authority's powers to investigate complaints under Part 5 and the authority's responsibility to maintain the roll of practising barristers as passed by the Dáil.I wish to advise Senator Barrett that I undertook, on Committee Stage, to examine his amendment to remove, as a reason for disqualification from being a member of the authority, the fact that a person was no longer resident in the State. On reflection, there is absolute merit in what he had to say and, therefore, I shall table an amendment to remove that element of the section.