Is bribery against the law in Ireland?

ilovesleep

Is bribery illigal in Ireland. Im not talking about parents who may bribe their kids into co-oberating but on a professional level. Is it illigal on professional levels.

FatherLen

i would say so

PCPhoto

should you not ask that in the politics/legal discussions section.

Here in After Hours we'll just try to make funny answers to get "thanks"

Dj Stiggie

Yes.

http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/Bribery_and_Corruption

Dj Stiggie

PCPhoto wrote: »

should you not ask that in the politics/legal discussions section.

Here in After Hours we'll just try to make funny answers to get "thanks"

Aw I should have just done that

Killer Pigeon

Yes.

(hilariously abrupt answers deserve thanks *hint* *hint*)

FatherLen

PCPhoto wrote: »

should you not ask that in the politics/legal discussions section.

Here in After Hours we'll just try to make funny answers to get "thanks"

i edited my post to take out the funny!
are ya happy now!

jimthemental

Well I do recall the matter was brought up in about a million tribunals here but it wasn't taken too seriously.

CreepingDeath

Bribery is a general term, to give money to someone as an incentive.

Giving people money to perform legal tasks is not illegal.
Eg. giving a plumber €100 to dump the current customer and fix your water leak first. It may not be ethical, but it's certainly not illegal.
Or any business deal, would not be considered illegal.

But giving someone money to pass an NCT test or rezone land, which would otherwise fail/not be eligible should be illegal. It would be considered corruption and potentially fraud I imagine.

prinz

What answer do you want to hear?

TheZohanS

Yup bribery is illegal. But take the medical profession for example, if a Pharmaceutical company wants to promote a new drug amongst GPs they cant bribe them per se, instead they invite them along to medical conferences, all expenses paid, to the likes of Barbados or similar. Technically it's training, in reality it's a free one or two week holiday.

PCPhoto

TheZohan wrote: »

Yup bribery is illegal. But take the medical profession for example, if a Pharmaceutical company wants to promote a new drug amongst GPs they cant bribe them per se, instead they invite them along to medical conferences, all expenses paid, to the likes of Barbados or similar. Technically it's training, in reality it's a free one or two week holiday.

sounds like someone has been watching "Love and other drugs" in the cinema.

TheZohanS

PCPhoto wrote: »

sounds like someone has been watching "Love and other drugs" in the cinema.

Nope, a mate of mine is a medical rep.

prinz

TheZohan wrote: »

Nope, a mate of mine is a medical rep.

Doesn't work in Ireland as much as it does in the US though.

PCPhoto

TheZohan wrote: »

Nope, a mate of mine is a medical rep Sells drugs.

Tell it like it is !!!

your "mate" sells drugs to people ..so they can give them to other people.

Kimono-Girl

that brown envelope you gave me op didn't have enough money in it for me to give you a proper answer!

seamus

As others have said, it really depends on the nature of the bribe and it will also depend on the specific rules governing your industry.

Although the common interpretation of a bribe is a gift offered in return for a nefarious/illegal favour, in reality a bribe is any gift used as an inducement to get someone to do something.

Special offers in shops are "bribes".

I would say that offering a member of staff some free merchandise in return for working overtime is a bribe, but it's not illegal.

Cookie_Monster

another one so.

Is auctioning your vote to the highest bidder in a general election against the law

ilovesleep

Thanks.

So where do we stand now. I mean with FiannaFcukers. Could we use these bribery laws in any way to get FF out.
Everyone was hit in decembers budget except for the oap's. Not even 5 euros was taken off them. As far as i know 40 euro extra was given for fuel allowance. FF has bribed the oap's and bought their votes for the upcoming general election by not touching their oap pension in decembers budget.

Thats bribery on a grand scale.

FF should not be allowed to run for the general election. simple.

Zebra3

OP, if you mean taking cash payments in turn for a favour, remember that anyone taking cash and not declaring it in their tax returns is breaking the law.