asked the Taoiseach whether any Minister, or Parliamentary Secretary, or the Attorney-General, holds any other position of emolument and, if so, if he will state the nature of such position; whether any time has to be devoted to it at present, and, if so, to what extent; and whether remuneration is being paid in full for such extra post.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Emoluments of Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries.
The Attorney-General holds a professorship in the Faculty of Law in University College, Dublin, and the Parliamentary Secretary to the Government holds a Lectureship on Economic Theory in the same college.
As regards the remaining parts of the question, I would invite the Deputy's attention to the statement made by my predecessor, in the course of a reply to a similar question in this House on the 19th July, 1951, to the effect that "what concerns the Dáil and the public is that no member of the Government should engage in any activities whatsoever that could reasonably be regarded as interfering, or being incompatible, with the full and proper discharge by him of the duties of his office." I am satisfied that the holding by the Attorney-General and the Parliamentary Secretary of the positions I have mentioned does not conflict with that principle.