Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Independent)
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I am seeking the deletion of subsection (3)(a) which reads:

The Minister may, with the consent of such other (if any) Minister of the Government as the Minister considers appropriate having regard to the functions of that other Minister of the Government, and having consulted such committee of the Houses of the Oireachtas as he or she considers appropriate, having had regard to the matters specified in subsection (4), by order declare that subsection (1) shall not apply to any particular public body to the extent specified in the order.

As I read that paragraph, it allows the Minister to say any body he or she wishes is exempt from FOI legislation.