Office Holders

1.2. Persons to whom the Code of Conduct applies

In accordance with the terms of the Ethics in Public Office Acts, 1995 & 2001 (Ethics Acts) this Code applies to office holders, namely

the Taoiseach
the Tánaiste
a Minister
a Minister of State
an Attorney General who is a member of Dáil Éireann or Seanad Éireann
a person who is Chairman or Deputy Chairman of Dáil Éireann or Chairman or Deputy Chairman of Seanad Éireann
a person who holds the office of Chairman of a Committee of either House of the Oireachtas, being an office that stands designated, for the purpose of the Ethics in Public Office Act, 1995 (1995 Act), for the time being by resolution of that House or
a person who holds the office of Chairman of a Joint Committee of both Houses of the Oireachtas, being an office that stands designated, for the purposes of the 1995 Act, for the time being by resolution of each House.