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

The new definition reads as follows:

"public service body" means—(a) a Department of State,
(b) the Garda Síochána,
(c) the Permanent Defence Force,
(d) a local authority within the meaning of the Local Government Act 2001,
(e) the National Treasury Management Agency,
(f) the National Asset Management Agency,
(g) the National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission,
(h) the National Development Finance Agency,
(i) the Health Service Executive,
(j) an education and training board,
(k) the Central Bank of Ireland,
(l) any other body, other than a body specified or referred to in the Schedule".

The Schedule referred to here is a new Schedule the Minister will insert in amendment No. 98, which lists bodies that will be excluded from the definition of public service bodies. The Minister gave the impression, perhaps inadvertently, that the new Schedule sets out an extensive list of bodies that will be included in the definition of public service bodies when in fact it is a list of bodies it is proposed to exclude from the definition. That is my understanding.