Translation of "The Department Municipal Affairs and Housing Act " (English → French) :

10. Emphasises that all actors, including both public and private interest representatives, outside the EU institutions falling within that definition and regularly influencing the institutions should be considered lobbyists and treated in the same way: professional lobbyists, companies' in-house lobbyists, NGOs, think-tanks, trade associations, trade unions and employers' organisations, profit-making and non-profit organisations and lawyers when their purpose is to influence policy rather than case-law; stresses also, however, that regions and municipalities of the Me ...[+++]mber States, as well as political parties at national and European level and those bodies which have legal status under the Treaties do not fall within the scope of these rules when they are acting in accordance with the role, and carrying out the tasks of such bodies, as provided for in the Treaties;

10. Emphasises that all players, including both public and private interest representatives, outside the EU institutions falling within that definition and regularly influencing the institutions, should be considered lobbyists and treated in the same way: professional lobbyists, companies' in-house lobbyists, NGOs, think-tanks, trade associations, trade unions and employers' organisations, profit-making and non-profit-making organisations and lawyers when their purpose is to influence policy rather than to provide legal assistance and defence in legal proceedings or to give legal advice; stresses also, however, that regions and municipalities of the Member State ...[+++]s, as well as political parties at national and European level and those bodies which have legal status under the Treaties, do not fall within the scope of these rules when they are acting in accordance with the role, and carrying out the tasks of such bodies, as provided for in the Treaties;

I, Dermot Ahern, Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (1) of section 2 of the Broadcasting (Major Events Television Coverage) Act 1999 (No 28 of 1999) and the Broadcasting (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2002 (S.I. No 302 of 2002) (as adapted by the Marine and Natural Resources) (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2002 (S.I. No 307 of 2002)) after consultation with the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism as provided for by subsection (6) (as adapted by the Tourism, Sport and Recreation (Alter ...[+++]ation of Name of Department, Title of Minister) Order 2002 (S.I. No 307 of 2002)) of that section, hereby make the following order with respect to which, pursuant to subsection (7) of that section, a draft has been laid before each House of the Oireachtas and a resolution approving the draft has been passed by each such House:

The reason I wish to consult the House at this moment is that our Rules of Procedure are clear: if I follow the advice of the Legal Affairs Committee, I act as a kind of postman through whom the request passes to the Court of Justice.

24. Welcomes the fact that municipal and local government departments can choose between two alternatives, on the understanding that non-competitive contracts and concessions are inadmissible unless publicly owned companies act almost solely as a tool of the departments concerned, are directly controlled by their public stakeholders, and their operations, strictly local and bearing no relation to the internal market, are confined to practical public responsibilities;

Is there adequate in-house expertise to meet the department's needs and to allow the department to act as an 'intelligent customer' of external advice?