Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 2:

In page 5, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following:“(2) Each review shall list the number of matters subject to delayed publication pursuant to section 14.”.

This is a straightforward amendment. Section 14 of the legislation states:

provides for delayed publication where the registrant believes the registration or the return relating to the lobbying activity would be expected to(a) have a serious adverse effect on—

(i) the financial interests of the State,
(ii) the national economy, or
(iii) business interests generally or the business interests of any description of persons, or

(b) cause a material financial loss to the person [who may be covered by that].

My amendment refers to the publication of reviews under section 2. The matters subject to delayed publication would not be covered by normal publication and if several matters have not been published we should know about that. There may be none, and there may be many. It would not be right to have some in the system that are not referred to in the review of the Act.