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

1:35 pm

Ms Emily O'Reilly:

That would probably arise from third party interests. Typically, we might have made decisions or rulings in the past to release information. We talked about inspection reports. We would have to consult the third party because we would generally be releasing the information in the public interest, acknowledging there was commercial sensitivity or personal information but that there was a public interest in releasing it. The third party would have an opportunity to say certain information should not be released for whatever reason. Generally, unauthorised disclosures of information would be more of a data protection issue.

Comments

No comments

Log in or join to post a public comment.