Michael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

In aid of the Minister, section 47 provides: "The name of a person may be the subject of a recommendation to the Minister by the Commission notwithstanding that the person is a member of the Commission, but this is without prejudice to the following provisions of this section." Subsection (3) provides: "The person shall take no part in the performance by the Commission of the particular function and, accordingly, shall neither attend any meeting of it held for the purpose of the performance of the particular function nor cast any vote in relation to any decision falling to be made by it for that purpose." In light of those provisions, it appears that the Attorney General would be prohibited from taking part in a deliberation process in which he or she was------