Seán Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to extend the Freedom of Information Act 1997. [21859/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The scope of the Freedom of Information Act has been extended on a number of occasions and the Act now applies to over 500 bodies across the public sector. My Department is currently involved in making arrangements for a further extension of the Act which I expect to implement before the end of 2008.