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Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: Is it the Minister's view that a request involving 20 hours' work, which would incur a fee of €420, would be free in the normal course if it were packaged into four bundles of five hours' work?

Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 49:In page 30, to delete lines 2 to 7.While I am prepared to speak to both of them, amendments Nos. 49 and 53 are completely different. I am concerned that section 15 provides an opt-out to heads who may not wish to comply with the spirit of the legislation. Section 15(1)(c) basically allows a head to refuse a request on the basis that it involves too much work....

Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I wonder if I can get the Minister's reaction to amendment No. 53. It gives the example of where a head refuses to grant a request because the information is already in the public domain. This would oblige the relevant authorities to indicate where it is in the public domain. I wonder if the Minister might accept that.

Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I beg the Minister's pardon.

Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: Yes, I will press it.

Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 53:In page 30, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following:“(5) Where a head refuses to grant a request, and—(a) the information is already in the public domain, (b) or publication of the record is required by law and is intended to be effected not later than 12 weeks after the receipt of the request by the head, (c) or the FOI body intends to publish...

Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 54:In page 32, to delete lines 30 to 39.We spent some time talking about this on Committee Stage. I was referring to specific queries, language, sequels and various other things. I have now re-examined the matter. Section 4 concerns when an FOI request is for information contained electronically across numerous devices. My concern is that this potentially provides...

Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: We have had the arguments about these amendments already. There is commercially sensitive information in these organisations which should exempt them from freedom of information and there are sufficient safeguards in the legislation to achieve this. I am not in favour of an approach which gives them full protection, however. It is important and useful that there should be bits and pieces...

Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 95:In page 75, to delete lines 22 to 38, and in page 76, to delete lines 1 to 31.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Exemptions (16 Jul 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 52. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider removing VAT on personal insolvency deals, which is currently paid by the creditor, but which, according to debtor advocate groups, are making creditors less likely to agree to insolvency deals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31773/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (16 Jul 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the statement in Dáil Éireann on 7 February 2013 if, by agreement with the European Central Bank, the liquidation of IBRC has caused the Central Bank of Ireland to take ownership of the €3.4 billion bond used to settle the promissory note last March; whether he can confirm the price at which the ECB acquired the bond from Bank of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (16 Jul 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the statement in Dáil Éireann on 7 February 2013 if, by agreement with the European Central Bank, the liquidation of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation has caused the Central Bank of Ireland to take ownership of the €3.4 billion bond used to settle the promissory note last March; if he will outline the agreement referred to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residential Property Prices Register (16 Jul 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 199. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm that transaction prices shown on the Residential Property Price Register, which is operated by the Property Services Regulatory Authority, are exclusive of value added tax for new property sales; and if she feels this representation of prices is in keeping with the objectives of the RPPR. [31770/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Procedures (16 Jul 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 200. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider removing court fees for bankruptcy, which, according to debtor advocate groups, are acting as an impediment to the uptake of the new bankruptcy regime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31771/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Insolvency Act (16 Jul 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 201. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider removing any upfront fees relating to personal insolvency, which, according to debtor advocate groups, are acting as an impediment to the uptake of the new insolvency legislation [31772/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Library Services Staff (17 Sep 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 30. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the public sector hiring embargo is leading to library closures; the total number of days per year libraries here are closed due to the embargo; his views that a derogation is warranted to keep libraries open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29848/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pensions Legislation (17 Sep 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 58. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if changing the name of the Pensions Board to the Pensions Authority in March 2014 directly or indirectly amended statements made to Dáil Éireann, details supplied, by the then Minister for Social Welfare, Dr. Woods, on Second Stage of the Pensions Bill on 29 May 1990, Debates Vol. 399, No. 3. [33103/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pensions Legislation (17 Sep 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that a statement, details supplied, made by the legal unit of the Pensions Board in its presentation on pensions law to the Ballymun Community Law Centre on Thursday, 18 July 2013, remains valid following the change in name of the Pensions Board to the Pensions Authority in March 2014. [33104/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (17 Sep 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 275. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the management of Irish mortgages which have been sold by Irish financial institutions to non-traditional mortgage providers, most of which are not regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. [34256/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (17 Sep 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 276. To ask the Minister for Finance the consideration he has given to the operation of non-traditional mortgage providers, most of which are not regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland, which have acquired Irish mortgages and which traditionally pursue annual returns on investment of in excess of 20%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34257/14]