Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Act 2009

Amendment of section 8 (membership and term of office) of Principal Act.

7.— (1) Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended by substituting for subsections (11) and (12) the following:

“(11) An ordinary member of the Commission may be removed from office at any time for stated reasons by resolution passed by Dáil Éireann or Seanad Éireann, as may be appropriate.”.

(2) The amendment effected by subsection (1) applies to ordinary members of the Commission appointed after this Act comes into operation.