S.I. No. 35/2015 - Ethics in Public Office (Designated Positions in Public Bodies) (Amendment) Regulations 2015.

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Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 3rd February, 2015.
I, BRENDAN HOWLIN T.D., Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 (No. 22 of 1995) (as adapted by the Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 418 of 2011 )) and after consultation with every Minister of the Government, hereby make the following regulations:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Ethics in Public Office (Designated Positions in Public Bodies) (Amendment) Regulations 2015.
2. The Ethics in Public Office (Designated Positions in Public Bodies) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 698 of 2004 ) (as amended by the Ethics in Public Office (Designated Positions in Public Bodies) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 ( S.I. No. 265 of 2013 )) are amended—
(a) in Regulation 6 by substituting, for paragraph (w), the following:
"(w) Director of the Insolvency Service of Ireland;
(x) Regulator of the National Lottery.", and
(b) by substituting for the Schedule the following:
“SCHEDULE
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine/An Roinn Talamhaíochta, Bia agus Mara
All grades, in respect of which the maximum salary is not less than the maximum salary of a Higher Executive Officer (general service grade, class B PRSI) in the Civil Service, having responsibility in or in relation to:
— Agricultural Appeals Office
— Aquaculture and Foreshore Division
— Audit and compliance inspection in the Agricultural Environment and Structures Division
— Carrying out farm inspections
— Development of engineering specifications and costings
— Evaluation of:
• Crop Varieties
• Market Support Schemes
— Fisheries Resource Management
— Internal Audit Division
— Leading and managing the introduction of ISO 9001 projects
— Publication and/or registration of Plant Varieties or Plant Variety Rights
— Public Trustee under the Land Purchase Acts
— Purchasing of equipment, services or supplies
— Recommending, approving, evaluating or administering schemes, procedures or policies in respect of Meat and Milk Policy
— Recommending or administering of:
• Funding
• Grants in Aid
• Tenders
• Disposal of certain land acquired under the Land Purchase Acts
— Recommending or approving:
• Applications
• Authorisations to Business Operators
• Changes to Schemes
• Conditions, Remedial Action, Penalties, Sanctions or Legal Action in the Forest Service
• Contracts
• Licences
• Manufacturing Establishments
• Payments
• Private Testing Laboratories
— Selecting service providers for reactor slaughter/haulage
Supervisory Agricultural Officers, Technical Agricultural Officers and Market Support Officers:
— Carrying out approvals/inspections, including those at meat establishments or on farms
— Processing applications
— Recommending payments
Supervising Serological Assistants having responsibility in relation to:
— Purchase of equipment, services and/or supplies
— Recommending or approving of contracts and/or private testing laboratories
— Recommending or processing of tenders.
Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht / An Roinn Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta
Assistant Principal Officers
Higher Executive Officers
Administrative Officers
Engineer Grade II
Chief Placenames Officer
Higher Placenames Officer
Placenames Officer
Translator Grade II
Translator Grade III
Maoirseoir Tithe
Professional Accountant Grade I
Inspectors (Wildlife) Grade I
Inspectors (Wildlife) Grade II
Inspectors (Wildlife) Grade III
Senior Architects
Architects
Archaeologists Grade I
Archaeologists Grade II
Archaeologists Grade III
The National Archives / An Chartlann Náisiúnta
Keeper
Senior Archivist
Archivist (Electronic Records)
Conservator
ICT Manager
Assistant Principal Officer
Higher Executive Officer
Department of Children and Youth Affairs / An Roinn Leanaí agus Gnóthaí Óige
Finance and Support Services
— Assistant Principals
— Higher Executive Officers
Human Resources
— Assistant Principal
— Higher Executive Officers
All grades at Assistant Principal level (including general service, departmental, professional and technical equivalents) with authority to enter into contracts and with authority to purchase
All grades at Higher Executive Officer (including general service, departmental, professional and technical equivalents) with authority to enter into contracts and with authority to purchase
Ombudsman for Children’s Office
Head of Corporate Services.
Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources / An Roinn Cumarsáide, Fuinnimh agus Acmhainní Nádúrtha
Communications Development Division
— Assistant Principals/Administrative Officers/Higher Executive Officers
Communications Policy Division
— Assistant Principals/Administrative Officers/Higher Executive Officers
Corporate Finance and Planning Division
— Assistant Principals
Energy Efficiency and Affordability Division
— Assistant Principals/Administrative Officers/Higher Executive Officers
Exploration and Mining Division
— Principal Geologists/ Senior Geologists/Assistant Principals
Facilities (Corporate Support (Services) Division
— Assistant Principals
Geological Survey
— Principal Geologists/ Senior Geologists/Senior Technologists/Assistant Principals/ Chief Superintendent and other equivalent grades/ Chief Technologists
Information Systems Division
— Assistant Principals/Administrative Officers/Higher Executive Officers
Petroleum Affairs Division
— Petroleum Exploration Specialists
— Assistant Principal (Policy and Regulatory)
Department of Defence / An Roinn Cosanta
Assistant Principals, Property Management Branch
Higher Executive Officers, Property Management Branch
Assistant Principals, Contracts Branch
Higher Executive Officer, Contracts Branch
Executive Officers, Contracts Branch
Assistant Principal, Training & Development Unit
Higher Executive Officer, Training & Development Unit
Assistant Principal, Facilities Management
Higher Executive Officers, Facilities Management, with authority to purchase and with authority to enter into contracts
Press Officer
Assistant Principal, Civil Service Personnel
Higher Executive Officer, Civil Service Personnel (Newbridge)
Higher Executive Officer, Civil Service Personnel (Galway)
Assistant Principals, Information and Communication Technologies Branch
Higher Executive Officers, Information and Communication Technologies Branch (Newbridge)
Higher Executive Officers, Information and Communication Technologies Branch (Galway)
Professional Accountant
Assistant Principals, Finance Branch
Higher Executive Officers, Finance Branch
Assistant Principal, Internal Audit Section
Higher Executive Officers, Internal Audit Section
Assistant Principal, Civil Defence Branch, Policy and Planning
Assistant Principal, Civil Defence Branch, Finance and Procurement
Assistant Principal, (College Principal) Civil Defence Branch, Training
Communications Officer (Radio), Civil Defence Branch
Technical Officer Civil Defence Branch
Higher Executive Officer, Civil Defence Branch, Finance and Procurement
Assistant Principal, Office of the Secretary General.
Office of the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces/ Oifig an Ombudsman d’Óglaigh na hÉireann
AP with authority to purchase
Department of Education and Skills / An Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna
Assistant Principals, Higher Executive Officers, Executive Officers, Information Technology Unit
Assistant Principals and Higher Executive Officers, Accommodation and Services Unit
Assistant Principals and Higher Executive Officers, Curriculum & Assessment Policy Unit
Assistant Principals and Training Officer, Staff Training and Development Unit
Assistant Principals and Higher Executive Officers, Personnel Section
Assistant Principals and Higher Executive Officers, Finance Unit
Senior Inspectors with responsibility for the procurement of furniture and equipment, Planning and Building Unit
Assistant Principals and Higher Executive Officers, Planning and Building Unit
Managers, Planning and Building Unit
Senior Architects, Planning and Building Unit
Architects, Planning and Building Unit
Engineers, Planning and Building Unit
Quantity Surveyors, Planning and Building Unit
Architectural Assistants, Planning and Building Unit
Assistant Principals and Higher Executive Officers National
Educational Psychological Service
Assistant Principal, Internal Audit
Higher Executive Officers, Internal Audit Unit
ESF (European Social Fund) Policy and Operations Unit
Assistant Principal — Head of ESF Managing Authority
Assistant Principal — Head of EQUAL (EQUAL Community
Initiative in Ireland) Managing Authority
European Social Fund (ESF) Financial Control Unit
Assistant Principal and equivalent posts
Higher Executive Officer and equivalent posts
Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government / An Roinn Comhshaoil, Pobal agus Rialtais Áitiúil
Inspector (Environment) Grade I
Inspector Building Standards Section
Engineering Inspector (Housing Inspectorate)
Supervising Inspectors (Housing Inspectorate)
Housing Inspectors (Housing Inspectorate)
Senior Building Inspectors (Housing Inspectorate)
Architectural Inspectors (Housing Inspectorate) whose duties involve advising on design quality and technical aspects of various social housing programmes
Planning Inspector — engaged in the recommending or approving of research contracts in relation to the Irish Spatial Data Infrastructure
Assistant Principal (Franchise Section) — responsible for procurement in relation to the storage/disposal of electronic voting machines
Higher Executive Officer/Administrative Officer (Franchise Section) — responsible for procurement in relation to the storage/disposal of electronic voting machines
Assistant Principal (Franchise Section) — responsible for procurement of the annual advertising campaign in relation to the register of electors
Higher Executive Officer (Franchise Section) — responsible for procurement of the annual advertising campaign in relation to the register of electors
Senior Meteorologist (Information Technology Division, Met Éireann)
Senior Meteorologist (Instrumentation and Environmental Monitoring Division, Met Éireann)
Senior Meteorologist (General Forecasting, Met Éireann)
Senior Meteorologist (Administration and Training Division, Met Éireann)
Assistant Principal (Planning System and Spatial Policy) whose duties involve the procurement of consultants and assessment of European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) funding applications from planning authorities
Assistant Principal (Planning Policy and Legislation Section) whose duties involve the recommending of leases and licences, the valuation of property, the collection of rents and the award of valuation contracts in respect of State-owned foreshore property
Assistant Principal (Accommodation) whose duties involve the award of service contracts
Assistant Principal (Training) whose duties involve the procurement of training
Higher Executive Officer (Training) whose duties involve the procurement of training
Higher Executive Officer (Accommodation) whose duties involve the procurement of office equipment and services
Assistant Principal (ICT Unit)
Technical Officer (ICT Unit)
GIS (Geographical Information Systems) Manager (ICT)
HEO (ICT Unit) responsible for procurement
Engineering Inspector (Water Inspectorate) whose duties involve the assessment of local authority tender award recommendations for both services and works contracts
Quantity Surveyor Inspector (Environment)
Senior Assistant Fire Adviser
Assistant Fire Adviser
Assistant Principal — Local and Community Development Division whose duties include design of Community Development Programme, corporate governance of local development companies and determining the allocation of grants and core funding to certain funded bodies.
Higher Executive Officer — Local and Community Development Division — whose duties include determining the allocation of grants and core funding to certain funded bodies.
Department of Finance / An Roinn Airgeadais
Assistant Principals, Higher Executive Officers and Administrative Officers, and all persons employed by, seconded to or otherwise performing a function in the Department of Finance for which the maximum salary is equal to or greater than the maximum salary of any of the foregoing.
Office of Public Works / Oifig na hOibreacha Poiblí
Assistant Principal
Higher Executive Officer
Administrative Officer
Senior Architect
Architect
Assistant Principal Architect
Architectural Assistant Grade I
Assistant Chief Engineer
Engineer Grade I
Engineer Grade II
Engineer Grade III
Valuer Grade I
Valuer Grade II
Quantity Surveyor Grade I
Quantity Surveyor Grade II
Professional Accountant Grade I
Professional Accountant Grade II
Chief Technical Officer (Government Supply Agency)
Chief Inspector of Stores
Chief Technical Officer, Art Management
Assistant Chief Technical Officer
Director of Furniture Branch
Chief Technical Officer, Furniture Branch
Superintendent, Furniture Branch
Inspector of Textiles
Librarian
Assistant Librarian
Acting Director of Building Maintenance Services
District Works Manager
Acting District Works Manager
Service Manager
Maintenance Co-ordinator
Acting Director of Botanic Gardens/Botanist Grade II
Curator
Botanist Grade III
Park Superintendent Grade I
Assistant Park Superintendent Grade II
Assistant Park Superintendent Grade III
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade / An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála
Head of Mission at Assistant Principal/First Secretary/Development Specialist level
Head of Development, Embassies Addis Ababa, Dar es Salaam, Hanoi, Kampala, Lilongwe, Lusaka, Maseru, Maputo and Pretoria
Principal Development Specialist/Senior Development Specialist
Development Specialist
Head of Architectural Services, Corporate Services Division
Assistant Principal / First Secretary / Accountant Evaluation and Audit Unit
Assistant Principal/First Secretary, Architectural Services Unit, Corporate Services Division
Assistant Principal/First Secretary, Economic Messaging Section, Trade and Promotion Division
Assistant Principal/First Secretary, Trade Promotion Section, Trade and Promotion Division
Assistant Principal/DCD Procurement Officer, Finance Division
Assistant Principal / First Secretary, Finance Division
Assistant Principal / First Secretary, Human Resources Section, Corporate Services Division
Assistant Principal / First Secretary, Passport Office, Dublin / Balbriggan / Cork
Assistant Principal/First Secretary, ICT Unit, Corporate Services Division
Assistant Principal/First Secretary, Procurement and Compliance Unit, Finance Division
Assistant Principal/First Secretary, Protocol Service
Assistant Principal/First Secretary, Reconciliation Fund, Anglo-Irish Division
Assistant Principal / First Secretary, Training Unit, Corporate Services Division
Higher Executive Officer, Architectural Services Unit, Corporate Services Division
Higher Executive Officer, Finance Division
Higher Executive Officer, ICT Unit, Corporate Services Division
Higher Executive Officer, Protocol Service
Higher Executive Officer, Passport Office, Dublin / Balbriggan / Cork
Higher Executive Officer, Procurement and Compliance Unit, Finance Division
Executive Officer, Procurement and Compliance Unit, Finance Division
Department of Health /An Roinn Sláinte
Assistant Principals, External/Internal ICT
Assistant Principal, Corporate Services
Higher Executive Officer, Corporate Services
Assistant Principals, HR Unit (Procurement)
Higher Executive Officer, HR Unit (Training Unit)
Assistant Principal, Internal Audit
Assistant Principal, Private Health Insurance
Assistant Principal, Patient Safety and Quality
Assistant Principal, Health and Wellbeing
Assistant Principal, Tobacco and Alcohol Unit
Assistant Principal, Drugs Policy
Assistant Principal, Health Promotion,
Assistant Principal, Press and Communications Officer
Statistician
Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation/ An Roinn Post, Fiontar agus Nuálaíochta
Office of Science, Technology and Innovation
— Assistant Principal, Research and Development Committee
— Assistant Principal, Industrial Research and Commercialisation Committee
Personnel, Learning and Development Unit
— Assistant Principal, HR Policy, Learning and Development
— Higher Executive Officer,Learning and Development
— Assistant Principal, Personnel
Management Support Unit
— Departmental Legal Advisor
Tax Policy Unit
— Accountant Grade I / Tax Policy Specialist
Finance Unit
— Accountant, Grade I
Information Communications Technology Unit
— Assistant Principal and equivalent posts
— Higher Executive Officer/Administrative Officer posts
— Executive Officer and Staff Officer Posts engaged in the recommending or approving of contracts or in the processing of tenders
Trade Policy Unit
— Assistant Principal who is head of Import/Export Licensing Unit
— Higher Executive Officer Import/Export Licensing Unit
Internal Audit Unit
— Assistant Principal and equivalent posts
— Higher Executive Officer and equivalent posts
Business Services Unit
— Assistant Principal posts
— Higher Executive Officer posts
— Executive Officer posts engaged in the recommending or approving of contracts or in the processing of tenders
Companies Registration Office/An Oifig um Clárú Cuideachtaí
Assistant Registrar of Companies
Higher Executive Officer, Publications Section
Higher Executive Officer, Information Technology Unit
Employment Appeals Tribunal
Assistant Principal Secretary of the Tribunal
Higher Executive Officer Secretariat Manager
Higher Executive Officer Administration Manager
Equality Tribunal/ An Binse Comhionannais
Assistant Principal Officers
Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement/Oifig an Stiúrthóra um Fhorfheidhmiú Corparáideach
Solicitor
Assistant Principal, Corporate Services Unit
Higher Executive Officer, Corporate Services Unit
Higher Executive Officer, Advocacy Unit
Office of the Registrar of Friendly Societies
Assistant Principal
Patents Office/Oifig na bPaitinní
Senior Examiner of Patents, Patents Office
Examiner of Patents, Patents Office
Assistant Principal, Trade Marks Branch, Patents Office
Assistant Principal, Patents Administration, General Administration and Copyright
National Employment Rights Authority/an tÚdarás Náisiúnta Cearta Fostaíochta
Solicitor
Assistant Principal, Regional Manager Sligo, Corporate and Legal
Assistant Principal, Regional Manager Dublin and Shannon
Assistant Principal, Regional Manager Carlow and Workplace Relations Customer Services
Assistant Principal, Regional Manager Cork
Labour Court/An Chúirt Oibreachais
Administration Manager
Higher Executive Officer, Secretariat and Support Services Section
Higher Executive Officer, Programming Section
Department of Justice and Equality/ An Rionn Dlí agus Cirt agus Comhionannais
Financial Shared Services
— Assistant Principals
— Higher Executive Officers — IT Division
— Higher Executive Officer — Corporate Services
Corporate Services Division
— Assistant Principal
— Higher Executive Officers
Information Technology
— Assistant Principals
— Higher Executive Officers
Human Resources Division (Recruitment)
— Assistant Principal Officer
— Higher Executive Officer
Human Resources Division (Training)
— Assistant Principal
— Higher Executive Officer
Cosc — The National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
Assistant Principal Officers with authority to purchase
Researcher
Irish Youth Justice Service / Community Programmes
Assistant Principal with authority to purchase
Higher Executive Officer with authority to purchase
Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service
Assistant Principal Officers with authority to purchase
Higher Executive Officer with authority to purchase
Executive Officers with authority to purchase
Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner / Oifig an Choimisinéara Iarratas Dídeanaithe
Corporate and Customer Service Centre
Higher Executive Officer
Staff Support COI/Research & Legal Analysis Unit
Assistant Principal
Higher Executive Officer
Irish Prison Service / Seirbhís Príosún na hÉireann
Assistant Principals with authority to purchase in the Estates, Finance and IT Directorates
Higher Executive Officers with authority to purchase in the Estates, Finance and IT Directorates
Pharmacist in the Healthcare Directorate
Governor Grade II
Governor Grade III
Deputy Governors, Assistant Governors, Mechanical Inspectors and Electrical Inspectors in the Building Services Division
The Probation Service / An tSeirbhis Phromhaidh
All Assistant Principals with authority to purchase
All Higher Executive Officers with authority to purchase
Reception and Integration Agency / An Áisíneacht Fháilte agus Comhtháite
All officers at Higher Executive Officer / Administrative Officer level (or equivalent) with responsibility for public procurement
State Pathology Service
Senior Scientist
Executive Officers
The Parole Board
Assistant Principal
Higher Executive Officer
The Courts Service / An tSeirbhís Chúirteanna
Assistant Principal Officers and Higher Executive Officers with responsibility for placing and managing external contracts
Department of Public Expenditure And Reform / An Roinn Caitheachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe
Assistant Principals/Higher Executive Officers/Administrative Officers or equivalent in:
— Central Expenditure Evaluation Unit
— Office of the Government Chief Information Officer — Administration and Corepay
— Office of the Government Chief Information Officer — IT Control and Administration
— Office of the Government Chief Information Officer — eGovernment
— European Regional Development Fund, Financial Control Unit
— Human Resources Division
— Internal Audit Unit
— National Lottery Section
— Senior Public Service Section
— Training Policy Unit
— Civil Service Employee Assistance Service
Employee Assistance Officers in the Civil Service Employee Assistance Service
Office of Government Procurement
— Assistant Principals/Higher Executive Officers/Administrative Officers/Executive Officers or equivalent
— Category Manager
— Category Specialists, levels 1 and 2
— Construction Adviser
— Inspector of Textiles
— Assistant Chief Technical Officer
— Technical Officer
Legal Advisors
Head of Unit, European Regional Development Fund, Financial Control Unit
Head of Human Resources
State Laboratory
Senior Chemist responsible for procurement of IT equipment
Senior Chemist responsible for procurement of analytical equipment
Department of Social Protection / An Roinn Coimirce Sóisialaí
APs and HEOs in ISD (Information Systems Division)/Central Services Section with authority to purchase and with authority to enter into contracts.
AP and AO in Website & Forms Design with authority to purchase and with authority to enter into contracts.
APs, HEOs and EOs in Information and Customer Services with authority to purchase and with authority to enter into contracts.
Press Officers
APs and HEOs in Facilities Management Unit with authority to purchase and with authority to enter into contracts.
AP in Business Information Security Unit with authority to purchase and with authority to enter into contracts.
APs in Child Benefit Section/ Treatment Benefit Section with authority to purchase and with authority to enter into contracts.
APs in Corporate Services with authority to purchase and with authority to enter into contracts.
APs and HEOs in Systems Support Unit, HR Division with authority to purchase and with authority to enter into contracts.
APs on the Service Delivery Modernisation Team in Social Welfare Services, Sligo, with authority to purchase and with authority to enter into contracts.
APs and HEOs in Staff Development Unit with authority to purchase and with authority to enter into contracts.
APs, HEOs and AOs in Finance Branch with authority to purchase and with authority to enter into contracts.
AP and HEOs in Household Benefits and Free Travel, with authority to purchase and with authority to enter into contracts.
APs, HEOs, AOs and EOs in Procurement/Project Governance Services with authority to purchase and with authority to enter into contracts.
APs in Client Eligibility Services with authority to purchase and with authority to enter into contracts.
APs and HEOs in Employment Support Services, with authority to purchase and with authority to enter into contracts.
APs and HEOs in RSS/CSP and Tus Unit with authority to purchase and with authority to enter into contracts.
APs and HEOs in Community Services and Employment Services with authority to purchase and with authority to enter into contracts.
APs, HEOs and EOs in Client Identity Service/Networks with authority to purchase and with authority to enter into contracts.
APs and HEOs in External Service Delivery Unit with authority to purchase and with authority to enter into contracts.
APs and HEOs in DRIM Unit with authority to purchase and with authority to enter into contracts.
APs in Regional Support Office with authority to purchase and with authority to enter into contracts.
Professional Accountant, Head of Internal Audit Unit with authority to purchase and with authority to enter into contracts.
APs and HEOs in Social Inclusion Division with authority to purchase and with authority to enter into contracts
AP in EURES Cross-Border Partnership with authority to purchase and with authority to enter into contracts
Department of the Taoiseach / Roinn an Taoisigh
Assistant Principal — Finance Officer
Assistant Principal — Personnel Officer
Assistant Principal — Head of IT Division
Assistant Principal — Protocol Division with authority to purchase
Higher Executive Officer — IT Division with authority to purchase
Higher Executive Officer — Human Resources with authority to purchase
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport / An Roinn Iompair, Turasóireachta agus Spóirt
Assistant Principals with authority to enter into contracts and with authority to purchase
Higher Executive Officers with authority to enter into contracts and with authority to purchase
Inspectors within the meaning of the European Communities (Port State Control) Regulations 2010
Ship Surveyors
Engineer and ship Surveyors
Nautical Surveyors
Marine Radio Surveyors
Hydrographic Officer (Marine Survey Office)
Aeronautical Officer
Transport Planner
Sustainability Adviser
Operations Managers (Irish Coast Guard)
Divisional Controller (Irish Coast Guard)
Operations and Training Officer (Irish Coast Guard)
Electronics Officers and Engineering Operations and Training Officer
(Irish
Coast Guard)
Coastal Unit Sector Managers (Irish Coast Guard)
Stores Officers (Irish Coast Guard)
AP Accountant
AP Economist
AP Legal Advisor
AP Statistician
Administrative Officers
Office of the Attorney General / Oifig an Ard-Aighne
Advisory Counsel Grade III
Assistant Principal (Finance and Deputy Head of Administration)
Assistant Principal (IT Manager)
Assistant Principal (HR Manager)
Higher Executive Officer (Finance Unit)
Higher Executive Officer (Internal Audit Unit)
Assistant Parliamentary Counsel Grade II
Professional Accountant
Central Statistics Office/An Phríomh-Oifig Staidrimh na hÉireann
Assistant Principals
Statisticians
Higher Executive Officers with authority to enter into contracts and with authority to purchase
Executive Officers with authority to enter into contracts and with authority to purchase
Chief State Solicitor’s Office / Oifig Príomh-Aturnae an Stáit
All positions of employment, in respect of which the maximum salary is not less than the maximum salary of a higher executive officer (general service grade, Class B PRSI) in the Civil Service
Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General / Oifig an Árd-Scrúdóir
Information Technology Manager
Services Manager
Senior Auditor — Contracting out of Audits
The Houses of the Oireachtas Commission / Coimisiún Thithe an Oireachtais
Finance Officer
Information and Communications Technology Manager
Restaurant Manager
Bar Manager
Procurement Officer
Parliamentary Legal Adviser
Superintendent
Training Officer
Captain of the Guard
Travel and Parliamentary Services Manager
Facilities Manager
Office of the Ombudsman / Oifig an Ombudsman
Head of Corporate Services
Information Systems Manager
Higher Executive Officer, Network Manager
Office of the President / Áras an Uachtaráin
Assistant Principal (Assistant Secretary t • the President)
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission / Coimisiún Ombudsman an Gharda Síochána
Policy Unit and Secretariat — Assistant Principal with power of purchase
ICT — Assistant Principal with power of purchase
ICT — Higher Executive Officer with power of purchase
HR/Training/Finance/Corporate Services — Assistant Principal with power of purchase
HR/Training — Higher Executive Officer with power of purchase
HR/Training — Executive Officer with power of purchase
Finance — Higher Executive Officer with power of purchase
Finance — Executive Officer with power of purchase
Corporate Services — Higher Executive Officer with power of purchase
Corporate Services — Executive Officer with power of purchase
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions / Oifig an Stiúrthóra Ionchúiseamh Poiblí
All positions of employment, in respect of which the maximum salary is not less than the maximum salary of a higher executive officer (general service grade, Class B PRSI) in the Civil Service
Office of the Revenue Commissioners / Oifig na Coimisinéirí Ioncaim
All grades at Assistant Principal level (including general service, departmental, professional and technical equivalents).
All grades at Higher Executive Officer and Administrative Officer level (including general service, departmental, professional and technical equivalents) having responsibility in relation to:
— audit
— debt management and compliance including write off, insolvency and collection enforcement
— tax clearance
— contracts for the sale or purchase of goods and services and/or approving payments for goods and services
— banking
— the processing of repayments of taxes and duties
All grades at Executive Officer and Staff Officer level (including general service, departmental, professional and technical equivalents) having responsibility in relation to:
— contracts for the sale or purchase of goods and services and/or approving payments for goods and services;
— banking. ".
GIVEN under my Official Seal,
29 January 2015.
BRENDAN HOWLIN TD,
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).
These Regulations are made under the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 (No. 22 of 1995) to apply the provisions of the Act to persons occupying specified positions of employment in the Civil Service.
The Regulations prescribe certain positions in the Civil Service as “designated positions of employment” as defined in Section 18 of the Act. Persons occupying positions prescribed by these regulations are required, where an interest (as defined in the Second Schedule to the Act) exists, which could materially influence the person in his or her official duties, to furnish a statement of those interests to the relevant authority for the position (as defined in Section 18 of the Act). If so such interest or interests exists a “nil” statement is requested.
The Secretary General of a Department (Head of Office for a Civil Service Office) is the relevant authority to whom statements of interests must be furnished by every established civil servant occupying a designated position of employment in a grade below Secretary General level in that Department or Office. Secretaries General must furnish their statements of interests to the Secretary General, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform must furnish his or her statements of interests to the Secretary General, Department of Finance.
These regulations amend the Ethics in Public Office (Designated Positions in Public Bodies) Regulations 2004 ( S.I. No. 698 of 2004 ), and were most recently amended by the Ethics in Pubic Office (Designated Positions in Public Bodies) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 ( S.I. No. 575 of 2012 ).
These regulations also update the list of Offices prescribed as designated positions of employment for the purposes of section 18(3)(b)v) of the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 (No. 22 of 1995) to include the office of the Regulator of the National Lottery. This list of Offices was set out in regulation No. 6 of S.I. No. 698 of 2004 and prescribes in the public interest certain public offices as designated positions of employment for the purposes of the Act.

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