Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will kick off by broadly answering the question put to me by Deputy Calleary about the role of section 7. Section 7 details all the interests that the Bill sees as being declarable interests. The purpose of this is to communicate to any public official who would be subject to this Bill what interests he or she needs to declare. I will deal with it subsection by subsection. Subsection (1) defines the seven forms of interest that are declarable interests for the purposes of this legislation. They are laid out in subsection (1)(a) through to subsection (1)(g). They are an income, a contract, an office, an asset, gifts and travel accommodation, property that could be supplied or lent and interests of a residual nature. Subsection (2) gets into sources of income. It lays out sources of income that must be seen as declarable interests.

It lays out where they exceed €2,600 per year in an income that is separate to the income that the individual could be claiming through his or her public job. It lays out the source of any income regarding dealing in or developing landing, including if it is a connected person or company or a body corporate involved in dealing in or developing land. That probably answers Deputy Sherlock's question. It then deals with the source of any income from a position as a consultant, adviser or lobbyist. Subsection (3)-----