John Perry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 207: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will amend the two codes of conduct, one for local authority employees and the other for councillors to take account of suggestions by the Standards in Public Office Commission suggesting the possibility of provision being made in the code whereby protection against reprisal will be guaranteed in any circumstances where a bona fide report or complaint was made by an employee or a councillor who believed that he or she was being required to act in a manner which was illegal, improper, or unethical, was in breach of constitutional convention or a professional code, may involve possible maladministration or was otherwise inconsistent with the relevant code; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30433/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The codes of conduct for councillors and employees of local authorities were published in June 2004 under Part 15 of the Local Government Act 2001, and form an integral part of the ethics framework for the local government service. The implementation of the codes is being kept under review in light of experience since their introduction and as part of an assessment of the effectiveness of the regime. the suggestions in the Standards in Public Office Commission's 2004 annual report are being fully considered in that context.