Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 245: To ask the Taoiseach the public bodies and agencies within his Department exempted from the full remit of the freedom of information legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2732/06]

Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)
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The bodies and agencies under the aegis of my Department which are subject to FOI in respect of certain functions only are: the Office of the Attorney General and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. Under section 46(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003, the Act does not apply to a record relating to "a record held or created by the Attorney General or the Director of Public Prosecutions or the Office of the Attorney General or the Director of Public Prosecutions (other than a record concerning the general administration of either of those Offices)."