Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 November 2023
806. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of statements of interests for the purposes of section 19 filed by her special advisers in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if she will provide a schedule of same. [47651/23]
View answerThe disclosure requirements of the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 apply to any special adviser appointed pursuant to the Public Service Management Act 1997 and to any special adviser within the meaning of section 19 of the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 (including ministerial personal appointees). As the Deputy may be aware, for the purposes of Section 19 of the Ethics in Public Office Act, 1995, where there are no interests to disclose, there is no obligation on a Special Adviser to furnish a Nil Statement. With that in mind, I can inform the Deputy that my Special Advisers had no interests to declare in 2020 and 2021. In 2022, each of my special advisers made a return to SIPO. A 2023 return is not required until the 31st January 2024.
