Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 78:

In page 35, line 2, to delete “compliance with Article 6(1), to”.

The purpose of amendment No. 80 is to provide a basis for possible future regulations to combat bribery and corruption. Members will recall that I recently launched important proposals to strengthen our law relating to bribery and corruption and I thank the committee for its contribution thereto. It will be necessary for any such future regulations to have regard to the policies and principles set out in subsection (5). Advance consultation with the Data Protection Commissioner will also be necessary. Amendments Nos. 78 and 79 are consequential drafting amendments.

I am not inclined to accept amendments Nos. 81 and 110 in the names of Deputies Wallace and Clare Daly but I recognise that a provision on these lines was carried yesterday.