Results 21-40 of 201 for freedom of information

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Committee Stage. (21 Apr 2010) See 1 other result from this debate

Dermot Ahern: I will go down in history as being the only Minister on whom the Data Protection Commissioner served a 20-day notice because I was giving too much information under freedom of information legislation in my Department. The media and the Labour Party never highlight that. When I was Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources I provided too much information on freedom of...

Freedom of Information. (1 Jun 2004) See 5 other results from this debate

Michael McDowell: On the contrary, a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act does not bind the Minister not to release that information to any other person before the request is dealt with. There is no monopoly on information under the Freedom of Information Act. I know some Ministers have made a habit of releasing such information to everybody if one person asks for it except in the case...

Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Second Stage (2 Oct 2013)

Seán Fleming: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. I have quite a number of observations and will ask the Minister to read specifically what I have to say. I will be proposing a number of amendments on Committee Stage. The Minister has published new legislation on what he calls the restoration and extension of freedom of information. He has made a number of claims about the benefits of the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Freedom of Information (28 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: My Department received a total of 46 Freedom of Information requests in 2022, of which 6 were refused. In 2023, to date, my Department has received 48 Freedom of Information requests, of which 10 have been refused. Requests are refused where records are withheld under the various exemptions under the Freedom of Information Act. In respect of the requests where no records were released the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion with Centre for Public Scrutiny (20 Mar 2013)

Seán Fleming: ...speaking to us today and I would like some observations on one or two specific points. Will the witness comment on fees? Currently, there is no fee attached if people make a request for their own information. There is a fee for non-personal information, with an additional fee charged by some Government bodies where it is felt there is a substantial cost for providing the information....

Seanad: Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Sep 2014)

Brendan Howlin: My retort would be that one should hire a researcher. There can be discreet bespoke FOI requests that would take less than 25 hours of search and retrieval by a public servant. That is a more reasonable way of proceeding. I am also providing for the introduction of a minimum threshold of €100, five hours work, below which no search, retrieval and copying fees would be charged; that...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Freedom of Information (15 Feb 2023)

Micheál Martin: The Department of Foreign Affairs is diligent in ensuring that it fully complies with the Freedom of Information Act, including that it publishes at regular intervals, the logs of all non-personal Freedom of Information requests. The logs for all such non-personal requests received each year from 2015 to 2022 are publicly available on DFA.ie at the following link...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Freedom of Information Requests (4 Feb 2014)

Enda Kenny: ...as a Minister to Secretaries General that when parliamentary questions arrive, they should be answered, where possible, in as comprehensive and full a fashion as possible. Deputies are entitled to information that is not secret in any event. I do not see the freedom of information requests at all as they are dealt with by officials in every Department. I do not know what is the...

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Bill 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (11 Feb 2003) See 1 other result from this debate

Michael Ahern: Section 17 applies to normal day to day operations of Science Foundation Ireland. SFI will be subject to freedom of information and this section will be subject to the Freedom of Information Act. The Freedom of Information Act has detailed provisions to protect interested third parties. Section 17 prevents the release of confidential information other than that which is appropriate through...

Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2013)

Enda Kenny: Is the Deputy talking about the Department or the freedom of information officer? Every Department has a freedom of information officer who deals exclusively with freedom of information requests. There is no contact between a freedom of information officer in any Department and the Minister or Minister of State. The officer makes his or her decisions independently. The law stipulates...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2013)

Deputy Seán Fleming: I move amendment No. 3: In page 7, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: "(4) The Regulator shall be subject to the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003.".I am sure that the Minister will accept the amendment because he is a fan of the freedom of information legislation. He tells us he is championing it and when we were discussing freedom of...

Central Bank Reform Bill 2010: Report Stage (30 Jun 2010)

Joan Burton: The Labour Party is arguing that such people should think again, as this country has progressed most when we have cast aside censorship, provided for freedom of information and allowed people to know the true state of affairs. The purpose of this amendment is to ensure that freedom of information processes are applied to the operations of the new institution. I have discussed with the...

Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (19 Oct 2006)

Martin Cullen: The following figures outline Freedom of Information activities in my Department, since its establishment on the 19th of June 2002. The number of Freedom of Requests received each year. 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 128 156 43 78 83 The amount of money, in Freedom of Information application fees, received in each year. 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 â'¬0 â'¬255.00 â'¬445.00 â'¬910.00...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion (6 Feb 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Mr. Colm Ó Mongáin: The best argument for including Irish Water in the legislation is probably what happened in the case of Northern Ireland Water and the debacle around it. Questions were raised in the recent past there that generated a good deal of public interest and that is reason enough to include, for transparency purposes, Irish Water in the freedom of information legislation. On...

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Oct 2011)

James Reilly: I move amendment No. 37: In page 79, to delete lines 14 to 18 and substitute the following: 107.—The Freedom of Information Act 1997 is amended— (a) in the First Schedule— (i) by substituting "Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann" for "An Bord Altranais", and (ii) by deleting "The National Council for the Professional Development of Nursing and Midwifery", and (b) in the...

Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (26 Jan 2005)

Brian Cowen: The State, semi-State, State-sponsored and statutory bodies under the aegis of my Department that are not subject to the Freedom of Information Acts are: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland; Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority; Financial Services Ombudsman; National Treasury Management Agency; National Pensions Reserve Fund Commission; National Development...

Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (26 Jan 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The State, semi-State, State-sponsored and statutory bodies under the aegis of my Department that are not subject to the Freedom of Information Acts are the National Advisory Committee on Drugs, An Foras Teanga, Arramara Teoranta, the Dormant Accounts Fund Disbursement Board and Waterways Ireland. Proposals are being developed in the Department of Finance in the context of plans to extend the...

Freedom of Information. (27 Apr 2005) See 4 other results from this debate

Bertie Ahern: If I had some information in my Department, which I believed should be in the public domain and would be of some relevance, we would release it. It is not a question of waiting for a freedom of information request. We might have background data to report and we might decide to release the whole lot including case studies etc., which happens all the time. It is not triggered by a freedom of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (10 Jan 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Brendan Howlin: Deputy Donnelly made a suggestion about how to deal with non-compliance. The Information Commissioner has a strong power to name and shame. This is effective for minor breaches which do not merit a criminal prosecution. The Information Commissioner will now formally report to the Oireachtas committee. An annual report will be issued which will highlight breaches. This will provide the...

Freedom of Information. (16 Feb 2010) See 2 other results from this debate

Enda Kenny: The question related in part to the response given by a Department of Finance official who stated that freedom of information requests are costly to process. I can understand that because if the Freedom of Information Act has a structural impediment whereby information that might be relevant is not given out freely, it means that further information is requested and therefore officials must...