Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

To give an example, as I indicated, we have major organisations involved in the areas of trade union activity, business, agriculture, sport, the charitable sector and so forth. On record keeping and how politicians and the public service engage with such organisations, if I am asked by an organisation when the budget will be introduced and whether the joint committee intends to engage with groups as part of the pre-budget process, I will, in responding, be disclosing information as opposed to engaging with the organisation in question about, for example, a particular aspect of a Bill. In terms of administration and record keeping, how would one avoid a scenario where one would be writing in a ledger details of one's activities every morning and every night given that much of this information is given in passing and is not specific or would not be considered mainstream lobbying?