51 Tomás Mac Giolla asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will outline any steps he may take to increase the powers available to him to supervise commercial semi-State companies or semi-State bodies for which he has responsibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

326 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will outline, in relation to each State and semi-State company under the aegis of his Department, the companies which have a code of conduct delineating the activities which board members and employees of such bodies can engage in to ensure that an actual or potential conflict of interest does not arise vis-á-vis their duties as members and/or employees of such State bodies and other activities; the way in which this code of conduct, if any, is monitored by his Department; if he will make available in full, any such code of conduct stating the State and semi-State bodies to which it applies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

I propose to take Questions Nos. 51 and 326 together.