Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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253. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the implementation of the recommendations of the Report of the Review of Ireland's Statutory Framework for Ethics in Public Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31300/23]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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Responsibility for the policy to which the Deputy’s question relates was transferred to the Minister for Finance with effect from 1 March 2023. This was done by way of the Standards in Public Office (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2023 (S.I. No.89 of 2023). Pending a further statutory instrument to reverse this position, the Minister for Finance continues to be the Minister responsible.

I understand from the Minister for Finance that his Department is preparing a draft scheme for legislative reform in consultation with relevant Ministers and informed by the outcome of the Review. It is his intention that the General Scheme will be brought to Government for approval to publish during 2023.