Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach will recall that the issue of data sharing and data publication - access to public information - was a priority in the reform programme of the last Government. I hope it remains a high priority. The Taoiseach might indicate if that is the case. In order to advance that there is promised legislation, the data sharing and governance Bill, the heads of which were published last year. When will we see that legislation? I ask the Taoiseach to give an indication of his commitment to ensuring that public data are publicly available, obviating the need for freedom of information requests.

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