S.I. No. 256/2012 - Ethics in Public Office (Prescribed Public Bodies, Designated Directorships of Public Bodies and Designated Positions in Public Bodies) (Amendment) Regulations 2012.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 24th July, 2012.

I, BRENDAN HOWLIN, Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 (3) of the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 (No. 22 of 1995) (as adapted by the Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 418 of 2011 )), and in relation to each body and group prescribed for the purposes of subsection (3) by the following regulations, consider it is necessary, in the public interest, that each of them ought to be prescribed, and after consultation with the Minister for Finance, hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Ethics in Public Office (Prescribed Public Bodies, Designated Directorships of Public Bodies and Designated Positions in Public Bodies) (Amendment) Regulations 2012.

2. The Schedule (inserted by the Ethics in Public Office (Prescribed Public Bodies, Designated Directorship of Public Bodies and Designated Positions in Public Bodies) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 ( S.I. No. 707 of 2011 )) to the Ethics in Public Office (Prescribed Public Bodies, Designated Directorships of Public Bodies and Designated Positions in Public Bodies) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 699 of 2004 ) is amended:

(a) by inserting between reference numbers 170 and 171 in columns (1), (2) and (3), respectively, the following:

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(b) by inserting between reference numbers 338 and 339 in columns (1), (2) and (3), respectively, the following:

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

19 July 2012.

BRENDAN HOWLIN,

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

These Regulations are made under the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 (No. 22 of 1995) to apply the provisions of the Act to persons holding or occupying specified directorships and positions in the Public Service (other than in the Civil Service). The Regulations prescribe certain directorships and positions of employment in the Public Service as either “designated directorships” or “designated positions of employment” as referred to in Sections 17 and 18 of the Act, respectively. Persons holding directorships or occupying positions prescribed in these regulations are required to furnish a statement of disclosable interests (as defined in the Second Schedule to the Act) to such officer or relevant authority (as defined in Sections 17 and 18 of the Act) as determined by the Minister for Public Expenditure & Reform. Persons holding directorships prescribed as “designated directorships” are also required to furnish a statement of disclosable interests to the Standards in Public Office Commission.

As determined by the Minister for Public Expenditure & Reform the relevant authorities in each of these bodies is as follows;

The Governor of the Central Bank is the officer of the body for Members of The Central Bank’s Consumer Advisory Group.

The Clerk of the Dáil is the officer of the body for members of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission, and the Chairman is the officer of the body for the Clerk of the Dáil.