Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 21 November 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Engagement with AILG and LAMA
4:00 pm
John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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That is the point. We want to comply, but we need to make it simple. The Department needs to come back to us on this point, but let us simplify it and have a copy of the form that might be used. My concern about legislation is that it is like county development plans; it is passed with honest intent and sincere objectives, but its interpretation can cause difficulties. Alongside the legislation we would need to see the simplified version of the document that would be used to make the return.
On that note we will conclude. I thank each and every one of the delegates for coming and making a constructive contribution.