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- Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)
Thomas Byrne: From a UK company.
- Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)
Thomas Byrne: What happens if the company owns land here but has no other presence here?
- Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)
Thomas Byrne: I move amendment No. 22: In page 9, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following:“(f) Secretaries General and Assistant Secretaries General;”.These amendments are self-explanatory and are designed to immediately bring the class of officers specified in the amendments within the ambit of this legislation. The Minister has stated his intention to bring in these people...
- Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)
Thomas Byrne: No, I am not but I find it hard to imagine lobbying of private secretaries being carried out within the terms of this Bill. I suppose it is possible but in practice, I cannot really envisage it. However, I consider senior local authority staff and people at assistant principal officer level and above to be crucial and it is very important that this be implemented as soon as possible. I...
- Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)
Thomas Byrne: Even in a pub?
- Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)
Thomas Byrne: I move amendment No. 6: In page 6, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following:“(a) lobbies EirGrid Plc and such person shall be required to be a registered person pursuant to section 8,”.
- Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)
Thomas Byrne: I move amendment No. 7: In page 6, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following:“(a) lobbies the Commission for Energy Regulation and such person shall be required to be a registered person pursuant to section 8,”.
- Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)
Thomas Byrne: I move amendment No. 13: In page 6, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following:“(a) lobbies the Health Service Executive and such person shall be required to be a registered person pursuant to section 8,”.
- Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)
Thomas Byrne: I concur with Senator Reilly and amendment No. 16 from Fianna Fáil seeks to make the same or a similar point.
- Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)
Thomas Byrne: I move amendment No. 16: In page 7, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following:“(b) communications by or on behalf of an employer, other than a registered person, with not more than 10 employees and less than €10 million of an annual turnover, relating to the affairs of the employer about any matter other than the development or zoning of land under the Planning and...
- Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)
Thomas Byrne: I move amendment No. 1: In page 6, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: “(a) makes, manages or directs the making of any relevant communications to any member of Government in relation to appointments to State Boards,”.I will speak very briefly on this. These amendments try to bring as many entities as possible within the purview of the Act. The Minister has...
- Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)
Thomas Byrne: The Minister spoke in general terms on the State boards, but I would like him to respond in terms of the State bodies which we have proposed to include in our amendment.
- Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)
Thomas Byrne: I accept what the Minister is saying.
- Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)
Thomas Byrne: I move amendment No. 4: In page 6, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following:“(a) lobbies Irish Water and such person shall be required to be a registered person pursuant to section 8,”.
- Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)
Thomas Byrne: I want to raise a general issue that has arisen in the context of lobbying in the last week. The Minister has spoken at length and correctly about the establishment of procedures and structures when assets like the national lottery and Bord Gáis Éireann are sold. We welcome that and feel it is very necessary. When I was looking at this week's newspaper reports about the possible...
- Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)
Thomas Byrne: It is on lobbying.
- Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)
Thomas Byrne: I am querying it. I am asking the question.
- Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)
Thomas Byrne: The Title of the Bill is the "Regulation of Lobbying Bill".
- Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)
Thomas Byrne: I would like to know what regulation of lobbying is ongoing in relation to Aer Lingus. Is it similar to what was put in place when other major State assets were being sold?
- Seanad: Public Services and Procurement (Social Value) Bill 2015: First Stage (4 Feb 2015)
Thomas Byrne: I second the proposal.