Paul Lawless (Mayo, Aontú)
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720. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which his Department complies with Article 41(b) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012, which requires that officials performing official controls remain free from conflicts of interest, where Department staff hold governance roles in organisations (details supplied). [65523/25]

Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)
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My Department nominates officials to certain governance roles in the named organisations. I am satisfied that such officials act with impartiality, integrity and to high standards in the performance of their official duties.

In accordance with the Civil Service Code of Standards and Behaviour, officials complete and submit a Declaration of Conflict of Interest to line management should a conflict or a perceived conflict be identified.