Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I am not supposed to answer again but I will do so if I can. It is my intention that that would not be exempt but, ultimately, I cannot say that definitively because it would be a matter for the registrar. The registrar will determine whether it is a corporate governance issue, that is, the narrowness of the question the Deputy put to me. However, as I said, it is my intention - the drafters have assured me that the intention is met - that corporate governance matters, appropriate to the shareholder, would not be subject to this legislation but lobbying outside of that would be. Those are the general parameters about which I am talking. If the Deputy wants specifically to pose a question as to whether this is a corporate governance matter, I could not give him a definitive guarantee here. Ultimately, it is a matter for the registrar to make that decision.

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