Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Act 2013
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Rights of witness to Part 2 inquiry, etc. |
22.— (1) Subject to Part 5 , a witness to a Part 2 inquiry has the right to— | |
(a) be accompanied by his or her legal practitioner while giving evidence, and | ||
(b) attend and be accompanied by his or her legal practitioner during— | ||
(i) any public session of the inquiry, or | ||
(ii) the giving of evidence by any other witness where, in the opinion of the chairman of the committee conducting the inquiry, that other witness is relevant to the first-mentioned witness. | ||
(2) An officeholder who is the subject of a section 9 inquiry has the right to attend any session of the inquiry where evidence is being given. |