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- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)
Dara Calleary: Section 7(2)(b) deals with the source of any income related to dealing in or developing land. The phrase "developing land" is quite vague. If one is a Member of this House or a local authority and one has a farm from which one reclaims land, is that developing land? There is a vagueness of language which can be used to hide from the provisions of the legislation. Where is the definition...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)
Dara Calleary: Perhaps we could come back to that issue on Report Stage to tighten up the definitions and language. If we are going to do this kind of thing, it should be kept tight.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)
Dara Calleary: I suggest that, separate from his engagement in the legislative process, the Minister write to every Deputy and Senator and include a copy of the Bill. I am not dictating but the Minister should be frank in stating this legislation has substantial provisions and requirements and that before Report Stage, all Members should engage on those requirements. Perhaps there is something to be said...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)
Dara Calleary: It would be of benefit to the Bill and those subject to it.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)
Dara Calleary: I have a query on section 7(6) and the clarification in section 7(11). If a Member, representing either his party or a committee of the House, or the Chairman of any committee is sent on a parliamentary trip, does he not have to make a declaration if the sum is over €600? Section 7(11) states:The reference ... to travel, accommodation, refreshment or ancillary facilities ... shall be...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)
Dara Calleary: The new declaration that will have to be made by Members of the Oireachtas, or anybody affected by the Bill, will have to include trips. The Chairman of any committee will undertake two or three trips per year. That will have to be included. Members sent to Brussels representing their parties at meetings will have to make a declaration if the sum is over the specified value.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)
Dara Calleary: Are spouses and children dealt with separately? One would imagine that they would potentially have-----
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)
Dara Calleary: What about children?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)
Dara Calleary: Does the provision relating to spouses and children apply in this case?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)
Dara Calleary: There is such detail in previous sections that it seems inconsistent for this section not to mention it.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)
Dara Calleary: I agree with the section but why are we exempting judges from other provisions in the Bill while including them under this one?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)
Dara Calleary: Does the Minister have that section in English?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)
Dara Calleary: The commissioner can form a view and act on it.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)
Dara Calleary: Are there restrictions on how he or she formed that view?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)
Dara Calleary: Where are the checks and balances on that particular power? One could get a commissioner who could go rogue.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)
Dara Calleary: A commissioner may have an issue with an individual and use the powers of his or her office to deal with the individual.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)
Dara Calleary: Somebody misusing the powers.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)
Dara Calleary: Hence there should be guidelines as to how one manages that power.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)
Dara Calleary: I do not see where we are going here. I presume this gives the power to the deputy commissioner to appoint a member of staff as opposed to going out on the street.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2017)
Dara Calleary: Maybe I am being naïve here but I believe it is just tidying up matters so the deputy commissioner can do his or her job and so the staff members can do their job without having to seek powers every time there is an investigation. Is this just being practical or is there something else?