Lobbying legislation review
Deputy Calleary asked whether recent events exposed flaws in lobbying law and whether the Government would review it. The Tánaiste defended the legislation and said independent mechanisms exist if the law was breached.
The events of recent days have shown a number of serious flaws in the lobbying legislation with regard to the duty to report. Are there plans in Government to review that legislation?
Comment on this
Very tight lobbying legislation has been introduced in recent years. I think Deputy Howlin was involved in that. It is good legislation and it may well be tested in the context of some issues that have been raised in recent days. If lobbyists have acted in a way that is inconsistent with the law, then there are independent mechanisms to ensure that they are held to account. We will see how that transpires.