Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 23 June 2016
Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence
Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised)
9:00 am
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Where do the freedom of information requests to the Department normally come from? Do they come from the general public, concerned citizens, from the media or politicians? I believe that the parliamentary question is the ultimate way to obtain information from any Department. What kind of information would not be available through that medium?