Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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It will be difficult enough to get people to apply to the Public Appointments Service to sit on this commission and if we tell them they have to provide a declaration of interests each year it will narrow the field even more. I do not believe people on State boards or directors of semi-State companies have to put in declarations of interest. I understand the objective behind the amendment but I would be concerned that it would act as a deterrent to people putting themselves forward to serve on the commission.