Electoral Reform Act 2022

Removal of ordinary member of Commission

13. (1) An ordinary member of the Commission shall cease to be a member of the Commission where—

(a) one or more of the grounds specified in subsection (2) apply, and

(b) a resolution has been passed by each House of the Oireachtas recommending his or her removal.

(2) The grounds referred to in subsection (1) are that:

(a) the ordinary member has, without reasonable excuse, failed to discharge the functions of the office;

(b) the ordinary member has become incapable, through ill-health, of performing his or her functions;

(c) the ordinary member has committed stated misbehaviour;

(d) the removal of the ordinary member is necessary for the effective and efficient performance by the Commission of its functions.