In accordance with a rotation agreement in place for membership of the Advisory Committee, Ireland is not entitled to be represented by an ordinary member for some time. However, Paragraph 19 of the Committee of Ministers Resolution (97)10 ,
which lays down the detailed rules governing the appointment of Advisory Committee members, provides that when a State Report is being considered and there is no ordinary member from that State Party, the expert who is on the List of Experts in respect of that State Party shall be invited to sit as an ‘additional member’. Ireland’s Fifth State Report is currently being prepared and, once submitted to the Advisory Committee, it is important that Ireland be represented by an ‘additional member’ for the purposes of the Advisory Committee’s consideration of the Report.