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‹ Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - State-Sponsored Bodies Staffs. Political and Union Activities of State-Body Staff
Summary
The Minister said staff of State-sponsored bodies are not subject to special restrictions; civil servants serving in or loaned to them remain under general civil service regulations.
asked the Minister for Agriculture if it is his policy to place restrictions on the political or trade union activities of staff employed by State-sponsored bodies associated with his Department; the organisations concerned; and the nature of these restrictions.
Comment on this
It is not my policy to place restrictions of the nature referred to by the Deputy on staff employed in the State-sponsored bodies associated with my Department. Civil servants serving in, or on loan to, such bodies remain subject to the regulations applying to civil servants generally.