Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 2 November 2016
253. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of former or current public officials employed by or providing services to a lobbyist for each of the years 2013 to 2015 and 2016 to date who are listed on a website (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32721/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs the Deputy is aware, the Standards in Public Office Commission, an independent body, is responsible for the implementation of the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 and under section 9 of the Act for the establishment and maintenance of the online Register of Lobbying. As such, my Department does not have day to day responsibility for the collection, presentation or content of the information on the Register of Lobbying. In order to assist the Deputy, my officials contacted that Office and were advised that the Standards in Public Office Commission has a data export facility on the Register of Lobbying that allows anyone to extract and analyse data from the Register. The Deputy might wish to contact the Standards in Public Office Commission directly for assistance in undertaking that analysis.
