Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I hope this will allow SIPO to be more proactive in certain instances and enable it to act where it feels suspected breaches of the ethics framework have taken place. For instance, if it were felt that something had not been declared, then the agency would be able to investigate and sanction members if necessary. My colleague, Deputy Mairéad Farrell, brought forward legislation to achieve this aim and the Government should act, as it has indicated it would, to implement the legislation before the next election.

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