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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I ask members to look at subsection (2) which states: "Each of the following sources of income (as distinct from the amount of the income)". That deals with the matter. I was speaking at cross-purposes to Deputy Calleary earlier. I apologise for that. I thought he was referring to the source of income.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The terminology used in regard to dealing with land has been used in previous Acts. To date, that terminology has worked. If the Deputy has any suggestions on how to improve the wording, I will consider them.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I am happy to take on board any views that the House has in this regard. I believe the phrase "developing land" is sufficiently specific. If we try to get too granular in terms of what a particular word might mean, we might end up excluding forms of activity that it is the intention of the House to capture. I earlier mentioned the concept of a code of conduct. We must allow a little...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: In order to address the concerns of Deputies D'Arcy and Calleary, I can see if there is another definition of "dealing" or "developing" which we might be able to insert into the Act to deal with this issue. If such a definition is available, I will put that forward on Report Stage. If colleagues have any suggestions, I am happy to consider them. We need to be careful that the language does...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Sure.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The commissioner would respond to that declaration and there would be an ability to appoint somebody to do the work or the commissioner could do it him or herself. Section 12 lays out what an ad hocdeclaration is and when it is required. With regard to Deputy Sherlock's point, the legislation defines a relevant matter as a resolution, motion or question. It lays out the fact that, for...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Yes.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I have no problem doing so. We will do that.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I believe I have answered the questions from colleagues. As I said, in terms of understanding how this will work, section 12 is the relevant section.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 6:In page 21, line 16, after "paragraph (b)," to insert "the disclosure of".

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: That is the case. The subsection, as the Deputy has said, makes reference to travel, accommodation and refreshment provided in the course of performing a public official's functions. It does refer to what the Deputy has laid out.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: That is correct.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: My understanding is that there is no difference. The current threshold is €650. We are reducing it to €600.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: No, there are not.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: That is there anyway.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: If it would be of help, I could, between this hearing and our next, provided Committee Stage continues to another day, provide a set of tables showing where we are and where we are going to.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: The challenge concerns having many Acts that lay out various requirements for Members. Maybe a difficulty we are encountering here is that I need to make clearer where we are and where we are going. In advance of our meeting again, I will write to the committee, in particular, and lay out the current law, particularly on declarations, and how it will change after the implementation of this...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: Yes.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I will do that.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: I move amendment No. 7:In page 22, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following:"(14) In subsection (11)(f)—"political group of the European Parliament" means a group formed in accordance with the rules of procedure of the European Parliament; "political party" means a political party registered in the Register of Political Parties in accordance with section 25 of the Electoral Act...