Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)

The Bill provides for information to be made available. When parliamentary questions regarding other agencies under the Department's aegis are tabled, I ask my officials to obtain the necessary information for the replies. Section 35(4) permits this. It is our intention to reply to parliamentary questions on the basis that they relate to an agency. It is not necessary to specify this as it is covered by other sections dealing with the availability of information.

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