Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 57:

In page 214, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following:

“(l) section 256;”.

These amendments relate to section 45 of the Freedom of Information Act 2014. Currently, under section 45(10), the Information Commissioner is excluded from accessing information, documents or things, or An Garda Síochána stations designated by regulations made under section 126 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005, as relating to the security of the State. Amendment No. 57 inserts a new section in the Bill, which will be similar to section 126 of the 2005 Act. It would enable the Minister for Justice to prescribe certain information, documents or things, as relating to the security of the State, and to designate Garda premises in which such information or documents are held.

Amendment No. 58 provides that any regulations made using this regulation power must be approved by Government. Amendment No. 76 amends section 45(10) of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 in order to refer to this new regulation-making power, rather than section 126 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005.

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