Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)
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Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the suggestions made in the annual report of the Information Commissioner, that the Central Bank, the Financial Regulator, the State Claims Agency, the National Treasury Management Agency, including the National Pension Reserve Fund, the national asset management agency and all bodies under the aegis of the NTMA, be brought within the scope of the Freedom of Information Act 1997; if he will bring forward legislation to this effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18983/09]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I have noted the suggestions made in the Information Commissioner's annual report for 2008. I intend to bring proposals to Government shortly on an extension of the application of the Freedom of Information Acts. In considering this matter, the Government will take into account the views of the Information Commissioner as well as other important considerations such as the confidential and commercially sensitive nature of many of the records and information held by the above bodies, their role in maintaining the financial stability of the State and the management of the economy and the obligations imposed by the international dimension of their operations.