Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 374: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the responsibilities of the various VEC's in the State under the Freedom of Information Act 1997. [28579/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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At present Vocational Education Committees do not come within the ambit of the Freedom of Information Acts. However, the Government has decided that the provisions of the Freedom of Information Acts should be extended to VECs. Consultations involving officials of my Department and the Irish Vocational Education Association have been initiated by the Department of Finance with a view to setting a date for the inclusion of Vocational Education Committees and the making of regulations to give effect to the Government decision in that regard.