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Irish ministerial code of conduct?

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  • 25-07-2006 10:57am
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    flogen
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    There's been lots of talk in the UK media lately about John Prescott and his visit to the ranch of US Billionaire Phil Anschutz, whom just happens to be looking to re-develop the Millenium Dome into a super-casino; the bulk of the questions revolve around the UK "Ministerial Code of Conduct" and ask if Prescott broke it by not declaring his visit etc.

    I'm just wondering is there an Irish version of this code of conduct (besides all those unwritten rules of what you do and don't do), or is it just a case of whatever goes?


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    lostexpectation
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    well fahey seems to be being investiaged through the ombudswoman...

    anyway this thing with prescott seems a bit a fudge


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    A Dub in Glasgo
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    Reminds me of the following in Blackadder
    blackadder II wrote:

    Edmund: Right. Now all we have to do is fill in this MP application form......Now any history of insanity in the family? Tell you what, I'll cross out the `in'. Any history of *sanity* in the family?

    `None whatsoever'.

    Now then; criminal record...

    Baldrick: Absolutely not.

    Edmund: Oh, come on, Baldrick, you're going to be an MP, for God's sake! I'll just put `fraud and sexual deviancy'. Now; minimum bribe level...


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    Zaphod
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    Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924; The Ethics in Public Office Act, 1995; Standards in Public Office Act, 2001.


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    constitutionus
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    hah yeah right. and the day they decide to hold irish TDs to this jesus will swan into the dail saying "s'up lads, its time for the rapture!"


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    LostinBlanch
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    It simply boils down to "don't get caught."


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    Crash
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    lostexpectation wrote:
    well fahey seems to be being investiaged through the ombudswoman...

    sorry, I am just being ridiculuously picky here, but there's no such word as ombudswoman...


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