Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

I wish to ask the Taoiseach about a particular decision made by the Information Commissioner on 10 October last dealing with a Cabinet document relating to the Cabinet's consideration of Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions. It decided the document should be released under the Freedom of Information Act and that European access to environmental information regulations superseded our domestic laws and practices that Cabinet documents are covered by Cabinet confidentiality and not released.

In respect of that decision, has the document concerned been released to the applicant or is it the Government's intention to release the document? Is it the Government's intention to appeal the decision made by the Information Commissioner?

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