S.I. No. 367/2015 - Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (Designated Public Officials) Regulations 2015.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 4th September, 2015.

I, BRENDAN HOWLIN, Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 4 and 6 (2) of the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (No. 5 of 2015), and having had regard to the matters specified in section 6(3), hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (Designated Public Officials) Regulations 2015.

(2) These Regulations come into operation on 1 September 2015.

2. In these Regulations “Act” means the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 (No. 5 of 2015).

3. (1) A public servant in a position of Secretary General, Second Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Assistant Secretary or Director in a public service body specified in Schedule 1 is prescribed as a designated public official for the purposes of section 6(1)(f) of the Act.

(2) A public servant in a position specified in column (3) of the table in Schedule 2 in the public service body specified in column (2) of that table opposite the reference number for that public service body in column (1) is prescribed as a designated public official for the purposes of section 6(1)(f) of the Act.

4. A public servant—

(a) in Dublin City Council, in a position of Chief Executive, Assistant Chief Executive, Director of Services, Head of Finance or Head of Human Resources, or

(b) in any other local authority, in a position of Chief Executive, Director of Services or Head of Finance,

is prescribed as a designated public official for the purposes of section 6(1)(f) of the Act.

5. The persons holding positions in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform the principal duties of which are to provide advice to the Minister, to which positions they were appointed on 10 March 2011 or 31 May 2011, are prescribed as designated public officials for the purposes of section 6(1)(f) of the Act.

SCHEDULE 1

Regulation 3(1)

Public Service Bodies

1. The Courts Service

2. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

3. The Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

4. The Department of Children and Youth Affairs

5. The Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources

6. The Department of Defence

7. The Department of Education and Skills

8. The Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government

9. The Department of Finance

10. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

11. The Department of Health

12. The Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

13. The Department of Justice and Equality

14. The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

15. The Department of Social Protection

16. The Department of the Taoiseach

17. The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

18. The Houses of the Oireachtas Service

19. The Office of Public Works

20. The Office of the Revenue Commissioners

21. The Presidents Establishment

22. The State Examinations Commission

SCHEDULE 2

Regulation 3(2)

TABLE

Reference No. (1)	Public Service Body (2)	Designated Positions of Employment (3)
1.	The Central Statistics Office	Director General Assistant Director General
2.	The Courts Service	Chief Executive Property Arbitrator
3.	The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine	Chief Veterinary Officer Chief Inspector Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer Director of Laboratories Head of Agricultural Laboratories Head of Veterinary Laboratories Director of the Veterinary Research Laboratory
4.	The Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources	Senior Petroleum Specialist
5.	The Department of Education and Skills	Chief Inspector
6.	The Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government	Director of Met Éireann Director of Audit in the Local Government Audit Service
7.	The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	Legal Adviser
8.	The Department of Health	Chief Medical Officer Chief Nursing Officer
9.	The Department of Justice and Equality	Director General of the Irish Prison Service Campus Governor in the Irish Prison Service Director of the Probation Service Director of Care and Rehabilitation Director General of Forensic Science Ireland
10.	The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform	Chief Medical Officer
11.	The Department of Social Protection	Chief Medical Officer Chief Appeals Officer
12.	The Equality Tribunal	Director
13.	The Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission	Director of Administration
14.	The Insolvency Service of Ireland	Director
15.	The Legal Aid Board	Chief Executive
16.	The National Council for Special Education	Chief Executive Officer
17.	The Office of the Appeal Commissioners	Appeal Commissioner
18.	The Office of the Attorney General	Director General Chief Parliamentary Counsel Chief State Solicitor Deputy Director General Assistant Chief State Solicitor First Parliamentary Counsel Parliamentary Counsel Advisory Counsel Grade I
19.	The Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General	Secretary and Director of Audit Director of Audit
20.	The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner	Data Protection Commissioner
21.	The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions	Director of Public Prosecutions Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Chief Prosecution Solicitor Head of Directing Division Professional Officer Grade II
22.	The Office of the Ombudsman	Director General
23.	The Office of Public Works	Chairman Commissioner Director of Architectural Services Director of Engineering Services
24.	The Office of the Revenue Commissioners	Chairman Commissioner Collector-General
25.	The Office of the State Pathologist	State Pathologist Deputy State Pathologist
26.	The Property Registration Authority	Chief Executive
27.	The Public Appointments Service	Chief Executive
28.	The State Examinations Commission	Chief Executive Officer Head of Examinations and Assessments Division
29.	The State Laboratory	State Chemist
30.	The Valuation Office	Commissioner of Valuation and Chief Boundary Surveyor
31.	The Workplace Relations Commission	Director General

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

1 September 2015.

BRENDAN HOWLIN,

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.