{"id":2011,"date":"2023-01-16T11:05:08","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T11:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/reform-of-ethics-legislation-must-not-be-delayed-by-controversy-engulfing-paschal-donohoe\/"},"modified":"2023-01-16T11:05:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T11:05:08","slug":"reform-of-ethics-legislation-must-not-be-delayed-by-controversy-engulfing-paschal-donohoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/reform-of-ethics-legislation-must-not-be-delayed-by-controversy-engulfing-paschal-donohoe\/","title":{"rendered":"Reform of ethics legislation must not be delayed by controversy engulfing Paschal Donohoe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>It would be bizarre and grotesque for reform to be further delayed because the Minister overseeing SIPO was the subject of an investigation<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Long overdue reform of our ethics legislation must not be further delayed by the controversy that has engulfed Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe, according to Social Democrats co-leader R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMinister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe has conceded he failed to properly record his election expenses and has now asked SIPO to amend his 2016 election statement. A complaint in relation to the matter has also been made to SIPO.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Minister has quite rightly recused himself from any ministerial duties relating to SIPO while the complaint in relation to his election returns is investigated. However, this necessary recusal should not slow down much-needed reform of our ethics legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUntil the Cabinet reshuffle, Michael McGrath had been responsible for reform of our ethics legislation. It makes sense for that responsibility to now revert to the Finance Minister.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn December 13, Minister McGrath received approval from the Cabinet for a review of ethics legislation to be published, but that has yet to happen. There is no reason to further delay the publication of this review. The Minister should also confirm when updated ethics legislation is likely to be published.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSIPO has been calling for increased powers of investigation and enforcement for 20 years \u2013 and it would be bizarre and grotesque for reform to be further delayed because the Minister overseeing SIPO was the subject of an investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMinister McGrath had been responsible for SIPO until December and should now confirm that he will immediately oversee the next steps of its long overdue reform process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the first instance, the review of our ethics legislation should be published this week and the Minister must confirm when updated legislation is likely to be published.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>January 16, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It would be bizarre and grotesque for reform to be further delayed because the Minister overseeing SIPO was the subject of an investigation Long overdue reform of our ethics legislation must not be further delayed by the controversy that has engulfed Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe, according to Social Democrats co-leader R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall. \u201cMinister [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[88,7,264],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance","category-press-release","category-roisin-shortall"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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