Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 56:

In page 13, between lines 38 and 39, to insert the following:“(g) in the case of a lobbying activity by a person under section 5(1)(a), the overall amount spent on that lobbying action by the client, and in the case of a lobbying activity by a person under section 5(1)(b), the costs associated with that lobbying action,”.

Others have pointed out that for any regulatory framework to have genuine transparency in public decision-making and open government, we need to know in respect of lobbying who paid how much to pitch what proposals or positions to whom. This is essential information if we are to have maximum public confidence in this system as well as full transparency.

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