Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 6 April 2017
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage
10:00 am
Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
Section 7(2)(b) deals with the source of any income related to dealing in or developing land. The phrase "developing land" is quite vague. If one is a Member of this House or a local authority and one has a farm from which one reclaims land, is that developing land? There is a vagueness of language which can be used to hide from the provisions of the legislation. Where is the definition of "developing"? Is it part of the Bill? I know where this wants to get to but there is a vagueness which is hindering it.
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