Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 72:

In page 63, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following:“(vi) the management and use of covert intelligence operations;”.

In line with the programme for Government commitment, the Government decided that FOI should apply to An Garda Síochána in respect of administrative records, subject to security exemptions. Section 42(b) provides the FOI Act shall not apply to a record held or created by An Garda Síochána in a range of areas related to security and intelligence matters. The Minister for Justice and Equality requested that this exemption be extended to include records relating to persons who provide confidential information to the Garda under the covert human intelligence sources scheme. That is the purpose of this amendment.