Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 19 May 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
General Scheme of the Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion
Ms Elaine Cassidy:
I thank the Deputy. The commission agrees that the definition should be widened. The commission has recommended in the past that the definition as it stands is too narrow and it should include context where a person had a significant involvement, influence or contact with people. It is clear the more senior a person is within the system, the more likely he or she is to have contacts and influence throughout the system. The commission made the recommendation that should happen.
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