Integrity checks should be carried out on prospective ministers, says Council of Europe

The Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption called on Irish authorities to adopt further measures to help to prevent corruption among people with top executive functions in central government and also in An Garda Síochána.

Integrity checks should be carried out before ministers and people with top executive functions join the government here, and their declarations of interests should contain more detailed information and be subject to systematic checks.

The recommendation is included in the fifth evaluation report of Ireland conducted by the Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (Greco).