Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 1368: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the State, semi-State, State-sponsored and statutory bodies under the aegis of his Department which are not subject to the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 1997; the reason a body is not subject to the requirements of the Act; and if he envisages proposals to bring any such body within the scope of the Act in the foreseeable future. [1717/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The State, semi-State, State-sponsored and statutory bodies under the aegis of my Department, which are not yet subject to the Freedom of Information Acts are as follows: the building regulations advisory board; the Dublin Docklands Development Authority; the Local Government Management Services Board; the Private Residential Tenancies Board; the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland; and Temple Bar Renewal Limited.

Proposals for extending FOI are being developed at present in the Department of Finance in the context of plans to extend FOI to other appropriate bodies by the end of 2005. The question of extending FOI to the above bodies is being considered in this context.