Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The general scheme of the Bill is already on the Department website and can be accessed by the public. The intention is to extend the provisions to cover a number of high profile public bodies, including the Central Bank, the NTMA and NAMA, but not in full. Clearly, commercial confidentiality must be respected. It is the Minister's intention to expand the scope of the Bill, but with restrictions in particular areas. This should deal with the restoration of a more effective, efficient and comprehensive freedom of information Act for citizens and the public at large. I hope that when the Bill comes before the House we can discuss it comprehensively and decide whether it is adequate or how it might be changed. The issue of sensitivity can be discussed properly when the Bill arrives in the House on Committee Stage.

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