Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 12 March 2015

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis

Context Phase

Photo of John Paul PhelanJohn Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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To change tack, does Dr. Byrne believe the Standards in Public Office Commission is sufficiently empowered to enforce the current ethics legislation? As I was a child politician, I have been a politician for about 16 or 17 years. It is all about voluntary disclosure. Is the commission in a position to investigate thoroughly whether that disclosure is complete?