Garda Síochána Act 2005
Resignation or removal of members in certain cases.
68.— (1) A member of the Ombudsman Commission may resign from office at any time by letter addressed to the President and copied to the Minister, and the resignation takes effect on the date the President receives the letter.
(2) The President may remove a member of the Ombudsman Commission from office, but only for stated misbehaviour or for incapacity and then only on resolutions passed by Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann calling for the member’s removal.
(3) A person ceases to be a member of the Ombudsman Commission as soon as he or she—
(a) is nominated as a member of Seanad Éireann,
(b) is elected as a member of either House of the Oireachtas or of the European Parliament,
(c) is regarded pursuant to Part XIII of the Second Schedule to the European Parliament Elections Act 1997 as having been elected to the European Parliament to fill a vacancy, or
(d) becomes a member of a local authority.
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Editorial Notes:
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Oireachtas committee may conduct enquiry into removal or proposed removal of an office holder under subs. (2) as provided (25.09.2013) by Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Act 2013 (33/2013), s. 9, S.I. No. 362 of 2013.