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- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 47:In page 10, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: "(l) An Post,".
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: Will they be included in the legislation?
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: That is good, and I am happy with that. Amendments Nos. 41 to 52 and 68 to 70 are included in this group. At the very end of the legislation there is a list of "bodies that are not public service bodies", as indicated by the heading of the Schedule as proposed by the Minister. There may be good reason for including all of these, including commercial grounds, and I would be happy to go...
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: I know the point the Minister is making. I have a public record of supporting the principle of the Bill on Second Stage and did not vote against it on Committee Stage. I do not propose to vote against its passage on Report and Final Stages. All I am saying is that the Bill, while good, is too narrow. Given that we have gone so far to introduce the Bill, we could have done a little bit...
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: I will withdraw it.
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 43:In page 10, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following:“(l) EirGrid Plc.,”.There are quite a number of amendments to be dealt with, all of which cover one point. I want to go through them individually, not in an argumentative way. The section I seek to amend is the definition section of the Bill, section 7. It defines a public service body, and...
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 34:In page 9, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following:“(f) Directors of Services of local authorities;”.
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 37:In page 9, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following:“(f) Chief Executive Officers of local authorities;”.
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 39:In page 9, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following:“7. (1) Where a designated public official is lobbied outside of the State, (in a manner to which section 5 would apply had the lobbying activities occurred within the State) such public official shall be obliged to register the fact that he or she had been so lobbied and the public official shall...
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: Not only have we excluded from the primary legislation all the senior officials who make up what people would generally call-----
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: The Minister has excluded the permanent government from the primary legislation.
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: We are now excluding the possibility of including people who lobby Ministers when they are outside the State. We are excluding organisations from outside the State from being captured under this legislation if they lobby a Minister. Following discussion on one of the earlier amendments yesterday evening, the Minister excluded lobbying for positions on State boards from being included in the...
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: We are excluding lobbying of Ministers for positions on State boards from the legislation. We are now excluding organisations from outside the State who lobby a Minister from the Bill.
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: I understand what the Minister is saying, which is that he agrees with me that these people should be included but he will not put it in the legislation. From the perspective of this side of the House, the public would much prefer to see legislation on a topic such as this being spelled out, in so far as is practical, in the primary Act and not being done through statutory instruments next...
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: Do I only have two minutes?
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: I understand what the Minister is saying, but I am probably arguing this from a slightly different perspective. Legislation should be as comprehensive as is practical and there is no ambiguity about the role of a Secretary General. I understand that those at a technical grade below this grade may have a similar level of responsibility-----
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: Perhaps this would also be the case for certain regulators.
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: Given that we are speaking about Government Ministers-----
- Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: -----and Ministers of State, Secretaries General are accounting officers and are a specific identifiable group, and all of the other people mentioned by the Minister are not prevented from being brought in under paragraph (f) or (g). I was in attendance when the Minister and the Taoiseach launched the Civil Service renewal plan, which is a three year action plan for the Civil Service,...
- Order of Business (15 Jan 2015)
Seán Fleming: The Tánaiste will be aware that many people are concerned about data protection and PPS numbers. There has been a debacle on that issue with regard to Irish Water, which asked for PPS numbers and subsequently withdrew the request. The Government, through its agencies, is proceeding with the national postcode system. Is the Government introducing legislation for data protection...