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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2013: Discussion with OECD (5 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: On the issue of current standards, some rules and regulations governing lobbying are in place in the European Union. Do these provide the standard to which the Irish Parliament should operate or should we use them as a benchmark on which to build?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2013: Discussion with OECD (5 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: At a global level, lobbying is also subject to cultural influences in different countries. It is, for example, of a different nature in the United States and Europe. Does Mr. Bertók distinguish between different types of lobbyists or organisations engaged in lobbying? For example, one has national organisations representing trade unions and employers which engage with government or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2013: Discussion with OECD (5 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: To give an example, as I indicated, we have major organisations involved in the areas of trade union activity, business, agriculture, sport, the charitable sector and so forth. On record keeping and how politicians and the public service engage with such organisations, if I am asked by an organisation when the budget will be introduced and whether the joint committee intends to engage with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2013: Discussion with OECD (5 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: That answers the next question I intended to ask, which was to define the difference between the disclosure of factual information and engagement on what direction particular legislation is taking. I now invite members of the joint committee to put questions to Mr. Bertók.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2013: Discussion with OECD (5 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Mr. Bertók, we seem to have a slight technical difficulty. We can hear you, but we only have a freeze-frame photograph. Despite your many skills and qualifications, I doubt you are a ventriloquist or that you can talk to us from a frozen position. As we may have a technical difficulty, I propose that we suspend for one or two minutes in order that we can connect a proper live visual...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2013: Discussion with OECD (5 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: My apologies for the technical difficulty. I invite my colleague, Deputy Mary Lou McDonald, to ask Mr. Bertók some questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2013: Discussion with OECD (5 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Does Deputy Boyd Barrett want to ask a supplementary question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2013: Discussion with OECD (5 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Will Senator Barrett summarise his question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2013: Discussion with OECD (5 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: On a supplementary, I call Senator Barrett.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2013: Discussion with OECD (5 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: On behalf of the joint committee, I express my appreciation to the OECD for facilitating this meeting which is the second engagement we have had with the organisation. At the start of the summer we had an engagement with Mr. Pascal Saint-Amans on global taxation and he gave us great assistance on the issue. Mr. Bertók and his colleagues have been generous with their time. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of 2014 Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: I am sorry; I must finish this section. I will let Ms Irwin contribute first on the next segment, if she does not mind. I will move on to Senator Hayden.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Provision (18 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that, in some circumstances, home tuition is provided even where a school placement is available to a child; the criteria that apply in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38012/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (18 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the refusal of a grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38591/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Live Register Data (18 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 644. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that formerly self employed persons are not registered as unemployed unless they qualify on means and thus are excluded from FÁS and other schemes that might help them to gain employment; her plans to change this position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37873/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (18 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 653. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a determination will be made on an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38111/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit Payments (18 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 673. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is compulsory that jobseeker's benefits are paid through the post office and the reason for same; if there are circumstances in which a client may opt to have payments made to a bank account; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38245/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (18 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 679. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a determination will be made in an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38308/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Air Pollution (18 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 936. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is permissible to sell smoke-emitting fuels in areas where it may not be burned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38019/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (18 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 1536. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance available to a voluntary organisation (details supplied) in County Cork to provide training in the emergency services area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38364/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance Applications (18 Sep 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 1572. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the refusal of mobility allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38588/13]