Seanad debates

Thursday, 5 February 2015

Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage

 

1:30 pm

Photo of David NorrisDavid Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I completely understand the Minister's position with regard to the national economy and any threat to the financial well-being of the State, but there may be circumstances, for example, where it would be good if a company was financially disadvantaged where its financial business was determined to be against the interests of the people. I assume that the powers to delay publication exist theoretically and need not be enforced on every occasion so that, if a company was adjudged to be inimical to the best interest of the public good, the Minister could go ahead and publish and be damned.

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