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

Section 24 provides for the retention of statements and matters concerning legal or medical services. Subsection (1) provides that a statement of declarable interests or a statement of ad hocdisclosures will be retained by the relevant person who receives it for 15 years, and that it or a copy of it will be furnished to the commissioner whenever it is requested by the commissioner.

Subsection (2) provides that a statement of declarable interests, or an ad hocdisclosure, relating to legal or medical services, will specify only that legal services or medical services, were supplied to the person or to another person in respect of whom the first-mentioned person is required to furnish a statement or make a disclosure. The form of the statement will facilitate compliance with the foregoing provision.