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Statements of interest by office holders in relation to the performance of certain functions.
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14.—(1) An office holder who proposes to perform a function of his or her office and who has actual knowledge that—
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(a) he or she or a connected person or another office holder, or
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(b) a person who is specified in a statement under subsection (2) furnished to the office holder by another office holder and who is, in relation to that other office holder, a connected person,
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has a material interest in a matter to which the function relates shall, before or, if that is not reasonably practicable, as soon as may be after such performance, prepare and furnish—
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(i) in the case of the Taoiseach, to the chairman of the Commission,
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(ii) in the case of any other Minister of the Government or a Minister of State, to the Taoiseach and the Commission, and
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(iii) in the case of any other office holder, to the Commission,
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a statement in writing of those facts and of the nature of the interest.
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(2) Where an office holder or a person acting on behalf of an office holder proposes to make a request to another office holder (“the second holder”) in relation to the performance of a function by the second holder and the office holder by or on whose behalf the request is made (“the first holder”) has actual knowledge that he or she or a connected person has a material interest in a matter to which the function relates, the first holder shall, before or at the time of the making of the request, furnish to the second holder a statement in writing of those facts and of the nature of the interest.
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(3) Where the knowledge or belief of an office holder that—
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(a) another office holder who is a member of the Government, or
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(b) a person who in relation to that other officer is a connected person,
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has a material interest in a matter to which a function of the Government relates derives solely from information in a statement made by that other office holder at or for the purposes of a meeting of the Government, subsection (1) shall not, as respects that interest, apply to the first-mentioned office holder, but the Taoiseach shall, before or as soon as may be after the performance of the function, cause a statement in writing in relation to that interest to be prepared and furnished to the Commission.
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(4) References in this section to the performance of a function of the office of an office holder are references to the performance of the function by the office holder personally or by another person in pursuance of a direction given to the person, in relation to the particular matter concerned, by the office holder personally or a person acting on behalf of and with the personal knowledge of the office holder.
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