Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 10 January 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
2:30 pm
Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source
The Bill contains significant provisions to extend the powers of the Ombudsman and reduce fees.
Of the three issues I wish to raise, the first is that of the non-public bodies now falling under the legislation - for example, NGOs that receive the majority or largest portion of their funding from the State's coffers. Will they be required to make full disclosures of all information, be it correspondence, financial accounts or other day-to-day operational matters?
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