Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 19 January 2010
1090 Deputy Fergus O’Dowd asked the Minister for Education and Science the details of each gift, favour and hospitality received, both over and under the value of €650, since May 2007 to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1508/10]
View answerUnder the Ethics in Public Office Act, 1995, any gift with a value in excess of €650 must be surrendered to the State and declared in the Minister's Statement of Registerable Interests submitted to the Standards in Public Office Commission. Since my appointment in 2008 as Minister for Education and Science, I have not received any gift with a value in excess of that amount.
The Department's records indicate that no gifts covered by the Act were received by my predecessor in the period referred to by the Deputy. The relevant statements of registerable interests submitted my predecessor have been published by the Standards in Public Offices Commission and can be viewed on the Oireachtas website.
In relation to gifts received under the value of €650, these are not declared in the annual statement of interests. A comprehensive list of such gifts is not maintained.
