Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have a query on section 7(6) and the clarification in section 7(11). If a Member, representing either his party or a committee of the House, or the Chairman of any committee is sent on a parliamentary trip, does he not have to make a declaration if the sum is over €600? Section 7(11) states:

The reference ... to travel, accommodation, refreshment or ancillary facilities ... shall be construed as a reference to the thing concerned being provided—... by the public official's employer, ... by an international organisation of states ... by an institution or body of the European Union, ... by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (or other such similar bodies ... ) ... to a member of either House of the Oireachtas and paid for wholly by the member's political party or by a political group of the European Parliament.

That seems to cover all the bases in terms of-----