Dáil debates
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed)
Freedom of Information Requests
4:50 pm
Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
That seems to be the rationale for putting in a lot of this stuff. Also on the website of the Department of the Taoiseach are the expense reports on foreign travel by the Taoiseach and Ministers of State, and reports on payments made to the Department's suppliers.
My understanding is that most complaints in regard to freedom of information relate not to the processes of obtaining information but the restrictions which apply on the information which can be released. It seems to be a matter of "Why don't you release this?" or "Why don't you release that?" We undertook in the programme for Government to change and extend the Act and to broaden it out so many of the issues raised by the Deputy and others can be dealt with.
I look forward to those discussions when we have them in the House.
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