Michael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I was looking back on section 11(5)(a) and (b) and thinking that if one ceases to be a practising barrister or solicitor, one ceases to be a member of the commission automatically. In that context, paragraphs (f) and (g) may be surplus to requirements. How one does it - whether one is struck off by the High Court or whatever - is actually captured by section 11(5)(b). One ceases to be a practising solicitor at that stage and one is out. If we are tidying up the Bill, it might be better to just rely on section 11(5)(a) and (b) as achieving the ends that the Minister is attempting to achieve in (f) and (g) here, which are punitive disciplinary measures.