Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The national lottery Bill will be published in this session. The Credit Reporting Bill has been published and is awaiting Second Stage in the House. The status of the Freedom of Information Act is as already outlined. The heads of the Bill have been approved. The Minister has circulated it to the relevant committee, the Joint Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform, for consideration and to hear the views of Members and outside bodies. He hopes to publish the Bill before the end of the year. The impact of the Bill will be to extend the remit of freedom of information legislation to make it more comprehensive, efficient and effective than the decision that was taken in 2004.

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