53. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Taoiseach if the Office of the Chief State Solicitor has with regard to the Prevention of Corruption Act a Code of guidance in place for its solicitors to disclose information to the Garda Síochána who are the proper authorities to investigate crime about public officials under section 19 of the Criminal Justice Act 2011 who have improperly withheld information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16164/14]

I am informed by the Chief State Solicitor's Office that the solicitors in the Office of the Chief State Solicitor are guided by the Law Society of Ireland’s Guide to Good Professional Conduct for Solicitors, Third Edition, prepared by the Guidance and Ethics Committee of the Law Society. The Chief State Solicitor does not prepare offence-specific ethical guidance codes.