Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 6 February 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion

1:05 pm

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Ms O'Reilly said in her letter this is a timely time to conduct a review, so that any amendments identified can be reflected in the new Bill. Therefore, Chairman, it is essential we should complete the review of these exemptions before the Bill is published. At our request, the commissioner has conducted a review of all of these exemptions. We have missed the deadline for our review, but we are where are. It would be illogical not to take the review process into account before the legislation is processed. We should try to pencil in some time to deal with this before the legislation is published.

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