Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 5 June 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Non-Disclosure Provisions Under the Freedom of Information Act: Discussion with Information Commissioner

1:05 pm

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I want to take Ms O'Reilly to her current report in order to educate me on it. I find it astonishing, in relation to health, for example, that there are 28 issues the Department is seeking to exclude. Of those, Ms O'Reilly disagrees with the Department on 22. That works out at approximately 80% of cases in respect of which she has a different view from the Department. With regard to cultural change, transparency and openness, how can we have a situation in which Ms O'Reilly and the Department sit down with the same legislation and guiding principles on freedom of information and come to different conclusions?

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