Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

May I ask the Tánaiste about a matter on which I asked him before, his Ethics in Public Office (Amendment) Bill, which passed all Stages in the Seanad last July? It provides for an arrangement whereby if somebody offers an officeholder money or a large gift and the recipient is in doubt about whether he or she should accept it, he or she could go to the Standards in Public Office Commission for advice. That Bill has passed all Stages in the Seanad. I asked the Tánaiste two weeks ago when he intended to bring it to this House. He was to consult the Government Chief Whip on that and I ask him when the Second Stage of that Bill will be debated. A report from the Standards in Public Office Commission last July recommended a number of changes to the ethics legislation. When does the Government intend to bring forward legislation to give effect to the recommendations of the Standards in Public Office Commission?

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