Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

The Deputy will also be aware that ministerial colleagues on many occasions give other legislation a higher priority.

The Deputy also inquired about the prevention of corruption amendment Bill, which is designed to strengthen the law in the context of preventing the bribery of foreign public officials, combating corruption in the private sector and establishing an officials compliance committee in respect of the OECD Convention on Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions. I am not an expert in this area but it seems that the Bill may not specifically relate to the UN Convention to which the Deputy refers.

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