Ms Evelyn O'Connor:

First, head 5 of the Bill sets out the declarable interests and these pretty much mirror the current registerable interests. These interests are the same for categories A and B. It is only the private declarable interests that category B officials do not have to declare. The declaration of those interests applies purely to category A. The private declarable interests are also outlined in head 5. At head 5(3) we set out that the private declarable interests include interests such as the amount of income from each source declared, any individual asset in excess of €50,000, any liability in excess of €50,000 and any gift with a value exceeding €200 given by a person who is not a relative of the public official and is not connected with the performance of his or her functions. There are more interests included in that section.