Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 14:

In page 13, to delete lines 25 and 26 and substitute the following:“(I) in a case where the individual holds or held—

(A) office as a director of,

(B) a position as a member of the staff of, or

(C) any other office, or any other position, remunerated from public funds in, an FOI body, the name of the”.

This amendment will broaden the definition of what does not constitute personal information in section 2. The terms and conditions of any individual who holds or held any office or position in a freedom of information body remunerated from public funds will be made available under freedom of information rather than just those of a director or member of staff as is the current arrangement.

This might seem like a small amendment but it is actually quite big. It means the terms and conditions and remuneration of a person employed by a body in receipt of public funds and covered by freedom of information will be covered by this legislation for the first time.

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