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Amendment of section 23 of Act of 1997. 
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3.—Section 23 of the Act of 1997 is amended by the insertion after subsection (1) of the following subsection: 
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“(1A) A person who is, for the time being— 
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(a) entitled under the Standing Orders of either House of the Oireachtas to sit therein, 
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(b) a member of the European Parliament, or 
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(c) a member of a local authority, 
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shall be disqualified from being appointed as the Chairperson or member of the Board.”. 
 
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