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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.