Ms Emily O'Reilly:

The Dentists Act and Nurses Act concern information relating to fitness to practise inquiries. The Department said the non-disclosure provision should remain. It anticipates new legislation. The point I made when I dealt with this the last time was that fitness to practise inquiries have a major public interest element. If particular interests need to be protected I would argue they are sufficiently protected within the FOI Act. It is as simple as that.