Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 22:

In page 17, to delete lines 20 to 22 and substitute the following:"referred to in subsection (6) and the need for such entities to adhere to the principles of transparency and accountability in government and public affairs as respects those of their activities as are relevant to subsection (6), by".

Section 7(6) lists the types of entities that can be prescribed as an freedom of information body for the purposes of the Bill by order. It became clear that there would be a benefit in extending the list to include bodies which might not receive public funding but which were controlled directly or indirectly by bodies that received public funding or were otherwise covered by the criteria for prescribed bodies. A situation might arise where it would be in the public interest for the Minister to prescribe such a body as an freedom of information body. Amendment No. 25 achieves that change. Amendments Nos. 22 and 24 are technical amendments consequential of that change.