Civil Service

Thursday, 4 December 2025

Questions (254)

Ken O'Flynn

Question:

254. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department has carried out any assessment of the adequacy of existing guidance on conflicts of interest within the civil service where officials have personal, family or financial links to organisations involved in gender-related clinical services, research, training or advocacy; and if he will provide details of any findings. [68787/25]

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Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

The Code of Standards and Behaviour for Civil Servants, which falls under the policy responsibility of my Department, sets out the values, standards and behaviour expected of civil servants and includes certain general provisions on the management of conflicts of interest by civil servants. The Code’s provisions are broad, and intended to be so, and in this context my Department has not carried out any specific assessment of its adequacy in respect to the particular matters described in the Deputy’s question.