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- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Liquor Licensing Laws (12 Feb 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when he intends to commence section 9 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act (2008); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7000/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (12 Feb 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: To ask the Minister for Health his plans in regard to the opening of the newly prepared Epilepsy Monitoring Units at Cork University Hospital and Beaumont Hospital; if he will confirm that at present there is no functioning EMU in the State; if he will provide an exemption from generic substitution for anti-epileptic drugs in forthcoming legislation as recommended by advocates on behalf of...
- Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Feb 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: There is a need for factual information from Deputy Doherty.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: Let us say for instance that I was to e-mail the clerk this evening or vice-versa, to say that a certain committee member would make my life very hard at this afternoon’s meeting. It does not happen too often.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: I suppose it would be releasable information under the Freedom of Information Act.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: If I were to ring the clerk to say a certain committee member would break my heart this afternoon and he took a note of that, it appears that one type of information is releasable under freedom of information but the other is not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: I will bring the meeting to a conclusion. Does Ms O’Reilly wish to add anything further?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: I thank Ms O’Reilly for coming before the committee this afternoon. Is it agreed that the committee will publish on its website all submissions received relating to the general scheme of the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill? Agreed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: I have a question on foot of what Deputy O'Donnell said, to which the answer is most likely yes. Is there an FOI archive? Is there a website on which I could find every freedom on information request that has been released?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: Should they publish them?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: That is the way the Dáil operates in that every parliamentary question becomes a matter of public record as soon as it is published and it is there for eternity. We might not be here ourselves but-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: Perhaps that should be a recommendation of the committee and it would be resourced-based one.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: When I was speaking to representatives of the NUJ this morning they said that a question asked in a submission could have been asked by somebody else. It would sense if there was some sort of search engine-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: There would have to be cost savings from doing that in the long run although there would be initial start-up costs.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: In terms of a review process as legislation is passed, does Ms O'Reilly have a view on how the legislation could be reviewed in the future. This is something that needs constant attention a not a type of a big bang approach by a Minister every five or ten years.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: Were they statutory instrument changes?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: Can there be statutory instrument changes to the Act or does it have come through in legislation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: That is right.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: As in the Private Residential Tenancies Board.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: As in references to bring the Private Residential Tenancies Board under the remit of the FOI legislation.