Seanad debates

Tuesday, 4 March 2003

Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage.

 

There is also a measure to provide for exemption of records of a committee of officials set up specifically to assist Cabinet deliberations on matters before it, where that committee is mandated to report directly to the Cabinet. In order to ensure that such protection is only afforded to records which genuinely fall within the categorisations mentioned, the Bill provides that the Secretary General to the Government must certify that the committee concerned meets the relevant requirements. The focus of the new Bill is, therefore, on the business of Government. This was also the focus of the work of the high level group which looked very carefully at the working of the existing Act and made a number of recommendations.

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