This is the section which deals with the appointment of the Clerk and Clerk-Assistant of Dáil Éireann. I am glad to note the section recognises that appointments to the post of Clerk or Clerk-Assistant of Dáil Éireann are normally from the staff of the Oireachtas. I think it is probably a necessary step as they would normally be expected to be the persons best qualified for appointment.
In regard to paragraph (b) of subsection (2), in view of the fact that ordinarily one would expect that the Clerk or Clerk-Assistant would be drawn from the staff of the Oireachtas. I wonder what conditions the Minister has in mind where a person would not be suitable for appointment to either of these posts? It seems to me to be difficult to envisage the circumstances in which a member of the Oireachtas staff would not be suitable for appointment to the post of Clerk or Clerk-Assistant.