Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy is confusing two different issues again. This is simply a provision where the basic fact of whether a body is included or not is in dispute and the dispute is between the body which says it is not covered and the Information Commissioner. I am providing the matter should be determined by the Minister. It mirrors the situation set out in the Ombudsman legislation, which is the same officer, at the suggestion of the then Ombudsman herself.

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