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The Ethics Acts
The Ethics Acts are:
Restatement
Pre-certified restatements of the Ethics Acts, by the Law Reform Commission, are available, under National Government, at: http://www.lawreform.ie/restatement/first-programme-of-restatement.333.html
Statutory Instruments
In addition to the primary legislation above, secondary legislation, i.e. statutory instruments (SIs), apply the provisions of the Ethics Acts to:
- certain statutory offices and positions of employment and also to directorships and positions of employment in certain private bodies that are funded by the Oireachtas, in the public interest;
- every position of employment in both the civil and public service for which the remuneration is not less than the remuneration of the principal officer (PO) grade;
- directorships and to named positions of employment in public bodies.
These statutory instruments list directorships and positions of employment that are currently prescribed for the purposes of the Ethics Acts in the Civil Service and in the wider public sector:
- S.I. No 596 of 2010 (the ‘Civil Service’ ethics SI)
- S.I. No 645 of 2010 (the ‘wider public service’ ethics SI)
These statutory instruments contain regulations that set out certain general rules on the operation of the Ethics Acts:
- S.I. No 698 of 2004 (prescribes the ‘PO threshold’ rule for designated positions in the Civil Service)
- S.I. No 699 of 2004 (prescribes the ‘PO threshold’ rule for designated positions in the wider public service)