A European anti-corruption body says reforms are needed to deal with potential conflicts of interest for special advisors before and after they work for the Irish government.
THE COUNCIL OF Europe’s anti-corruption body has called on the Irish government to tighten up the employment of special advisors to ministers.
It wants to see “integrity checks” implemented prior to a special advisor being hired, and has urged laying down similar rules requiring the same of government ministers and department heads. In its fifth evaluation report on Ireland, published today, GRECO calls for the Standards in Public Office Commission to be given more resources and stronger powers to supervise the implementation of integrity standards.
It also wants to see that the existing Code of Ethics for gardaí be strengthened to cover a wider range of topics, in particular relating to conflicts of interest. It also supported on-going reforms intended to provide greater independence and more resources for complaints procedures.
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