Dan Boyle (Cork South Central, Green Party)

Yesterday Deputy O'Donnell described as a joke the failure to regulate the charities sector. It is now a nine-year standing joke that has been passed through four Departments, each of which has failed to produce legislation. Can the Taoiseach be definitive in stating when the charities Bill will come before the House? In light of yesterday's opinion given by the European Commission that fees charged for freedom of information requests here are excessive, when will the Minister for Finance introduce regulations to extend the remit of the Freedom of Information Act? Will amendments be made to the Freedom of Information Act in the light of yesterday's comments?

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