Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I made this amendment at the request of the Standards in Public Office Commission. The Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 provides the commission with authority to delegate its function to staff of the commission. The commission itself is strongly of the view that to avoid any possibility of future legal challenges, the question of its powers of delegation should be put beyond doubt by the inclusion of a formal delegation provision in this Bill.

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