Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages
Dail Éireann — 2022-12-07
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Roderic O'Gorman (GP), Dublin West

I move amendment No. 32:
In page 20, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following:
“Amendment of [ Adoption Act 2010 ][ ]
20. The [ Adoption Act 2010 ]is amended in section 100—
(a) by the substitution of the following for subsection (5):
“(5) Subject to subsection (7), the members present at a meeting called under subsection (4) shall choose one of their number to chair the meeting.”,
and
(b) by the substitution of the following for subsection (6):
“(6) The quorum for a meeting of the Authority is—
(a) the chairperson or deputy chairperson, or
(b) in the case of a meeting called under subsection (4), and where applicable, the member chosen under subsection (5) to chair the meeting who, for that meeting, shall be regarded as the chairperson for the purposes of subsections (9) and (10),
and 2 other members, one of whom may be the deputy chairperson where the chairperson or another member chosen under subsection (5) is presiding.”.”.

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