Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of statements of interests for the purposes of section 19 filed by his special advisers in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will provide a schedule of same. [47647/23]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Oversight of special advisers and office holders under Section 19 of the Ethics in Public Acts 1995 and 2001 is the responsibility of the Standards in Public Office Commission. Accountable issues in relation to special advisers and office holders are defined in declarations to be made under the Acts.

There is no obligation on a special adviser to furnish a nil statement where no interests exist, but where a statement is furnished, it is laid before the Oireachtas.