Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 November 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

General Scheme of a Public Sector Standards Bill: Discussion (Resumed)

2:00 pm

Mr. Brian McKevitt:

In terms of the existing regulations, we have. If the committee looks back through our annual reports it will see we have repeatedly talked about individual public bodies that should be included and mentioned the delays in including public bodies after their establishment. We have looked for a more rational system of ensuring that people are within the system and that we do not have the gaps that have arisen over the past ten years.