Guidelines for Public Servants (9th edition)

Part 3: Public Servants covered by the guidelines

17. These guidelines cover the following persons:

(i) a person, who is not a member of Dáil Éireann or of Seanad Éireann, who holds or held the office of Attorney General; (If you are Attorney General and you are a member of either House you should refer to the Guidelines for Office Holders published by the Standards Commission.)

(ii) a person who holds or held a designated directorship of a public body, as prescribed by regulations made by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (see Appendix 3 of these guidelines);

(iii) a person who occupies or occupied a designated position of employment in a public body, as prescribed by regulations made by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, including a position in respect of which the maximum salary is not less than the maximum salary of a Principal Officer (General Service Grade) in the Civil Service, i.e. €92,672 with effect from 1 January 2010 (see Appendix 2 of these guidelines and Appendix 3 of these guidelines);

(iv) a person who holds or held or occupies or occupied an office or position as:

• Comptroller and Auditor General;
• Ombudsman;
• Data Protection Commissioner;
• Director of Consumer Affairs;
• Director of Public Prosecutions;
• Appeal Commissioner for the purposes of the Income Tax Acts within the meaning of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No 39 of 1997);
• Director of Corporate Enforcement;
• Information Commissioner;
• Registrar of Friendly Societies;
• Ombudsman for Children;
• Pensions Ombudsman;
• Chairman, Deputy Chairman or ordinary member of the Labour Court;
• Member of the Law Reform Commission (other than a member who holds the office of judge of any court);
• Chief Science Adviser to the Government;
• Coimisinéir Teanga;
• Controller of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks;
• Defence Forces Ombudsman;
• Financial Services Ombudsman;
• Deputy Financial Services Ombudsman;
• Member of the Garda Síochaná Ombudsman Commission;
• Commissioner of Valuation;
• Commissioner for Environmental Information;
• Chief Executive of the Property Registration Authority;
• a person constituting an Appeal Tribunal within the meaning of Part 3 of the Prisons Act 2007 (No. 10 of 2007);
• Registrar of Companies;

(v) a person who holds, or held, or occupies, or occupied, such other office or position as may be prescribed by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform;

(vi) a person who occupies or occupied a position as a special adviser (as defined in Part 8 of these guidelines).

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