Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023

Amendment of section 11 of Principal Act

7. Section 11 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (1), by—

(i) the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (a):

“(aa) the name of every person who is a member of a body referred to in section 5(2)(d) or (e), as the case may be,”,

and

(ii) the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b):

“(b) the address (or principal address) at which the person carries on business or carries on the person’s main activities or (if there is no such address) the address at which the person ordinarily resides,”,

(b) in subsection (4), by the deletion of “permanently” in both places where it occurs, and

(c) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (4):

“(5) A registered person referred to in subsection (4) whose entry on the Register has been marked under that subsection with a statement indicating that the person has ceased to carry on lobbying activities, and who subsequently wishes to recommence such activities, shall notify the Commission accordingly, in such form and manner as the Commission may require, and, on receipt of such notification, the Commission shall remove such statement from the person’s entry on the Register.”.