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.