David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I favour this amendment because it appears to address the question of what is called the permanent government, that is, those people who are there all the time and are central to the formation of policy, particularly Secretaries General, assistant secretaries, principal officers and so on. I notice that under section 6(1)(f), the Bill describes public servants of a prescribed nature but the Bill does not actually provides details. It simply states "public servants of a prescribed description" but not what that prescription is, who it covers and so on. I presume it is left for the Minister to make this by regulation. However, it would be valuable to have it in the Bill.