Joe O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 13:

In page 35, line 32, to delete “or charter”.

Following the publication of the Bill, it was brought to my attention that the inclusion of organisations established by charter in the definition of "public bodies" was inadvertently capturing organisations that do not have the requisite financial oversight by the relevant Departments and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General.

Amendment No. 13 is necessary to ensure that the section does not unintentionally capture organisations it was not intended to, namely, those that do not have the requisite oversight that is in place. Amendment No. 14 inserts definition of the term “remuneration”. This amendment is necessary to provide greater clarity in respect of the requirements under Part 6A so that anyone who reads the legislation knows exactly what is meant by “remuneration” itself.

Amendment No. 15 clarifies that an agreement under Part 6A has a specific meaning, which is set out in section 88C. This is intended to ensure that there is no ambiguity in respect of how an agreement is interpreted by anyone reading the legislation.