Fintan Warfield (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 49:

In page 9, lines 26 and 27, to delete all words from and including “may” in line 26 down to and including line 27 and substitute “shall-”.

Amendment No. 49 proposes to delete the discretion on action where there has been a complaint or a breach of the code, or other failure as specified. We seek to replace “may” with “shall” on a number of occasions. Amendment No. 50 refers to page 9, line 39, where we propose to delete the discretion on ministerial action where there has been a complaint and-or a breach of the code, or other issue of failure as specified. Amendment No. 51 provides for oversight of the chair and for a balanced Oireachtas oversight approach. There should be no discretion here. There should be an obligation on the chair to act immediately and there should be an obligation on the Minister to act immediately.