Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Question 362: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will list the number of public bodies under his auspice in which members of the board, employees, staff and other persons are required to complete forms under the ethics in public office rules, framework, regulations; and the number of persons required to complete these forms in respect of each public body under his Department and including his Department. [2079/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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1The Ethics in Public Office Acts 1995 and 2001 provide for the disclosure of interests by Office Holders, the Attorney General, members of the Houses of the Oireachtas, Special Advisers and holders of designated directorships and occupiers of designated positions in the civil service and the semi-state sector. Such designated posts are either included in the primary legislation or prescribed by regulations made by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and, therefore, are already in the public domain.

The Standards in Public Office Commission produce annually updated guidelines which detail the Public Bodies, designated directorships and/or designated positions of employment within those Bodies, and the designated positions within my Department, which are subject to the requirements of the Ethics in Public Office Acts.