Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

What is the status of the Freedom of Information Act? It needs urgent review, in particular in the context of making sure that information on policy decisions are made available as quickly as possible.

Will the Taoiseach also indicate when the Credit Reporting Bill, which is legislation necessary to establish a credit register to inform lending decisions and improve insolvency procedures, will be published? Given the comments last week from the Central Bank about banks being in denial and behaving like unruly teenagers, the need for the legislation is now urgent.

The amendment to the National Lottery Act specifies that some lottery funding is to go towards a new national children’s hospital, about which the Tánaiste is particularly interested. Could the Taoiseach confirm when the Bill will be published and debated?

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