Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion
10:05 am
Mr. Séamus Dooley:
No, because we did not get paid. That would have included representatives of citizens' information and community groups and through that body we discovered that members were using the Act in an inefficient manner. As a result of that the Regional Newspapers of Ireland and the NUJ jointly organised training and representatives of the Department of Finance information unit came along and provided the training, which was very useful. It is basically an informal advisory group. We only met for three or four years.