Written answers
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Department of Transport
Departmental Agencies
10:00 pm
Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 49: To ask the Minister for Transport the companies and agencies which are directly or indirectly funded under the remit of his Department are not subject to Freedom of Information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45969/09]
Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The following are the bodies under the aegis of my Department that are not covered by the Freedom of Legislation legislation:
| Agency Name |
| Irish Aviation Authority |
| Railway Safety Commission (RSC) |
| Road Safety Authority (RSA) |
| Port of Cork Company |
| Drogheda Port Company |
| Dublin Port Company |
| Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company |
| Dundalk Port |
| Galway Harbour Company |
| New Ross Port Company |
| Shannon Foynes Port Company |
| Waterford Harbour Company |
| Wicklow Port |
| Dublin Airport Authority |
| Shannon Airport Authority |
| Cork Airport Authority |
| Córas Iompair Éireann |
| Bus Atha Cliath |
| Bus Eireann |
| Iarnród Éireann |
| Arklow Harbour Commissioners |
| Baltimore & Skibbereen Harbour Commissioners |
| Bantry Bay Harbour Commissioners |
| Kinsale Harbour Commissioners |
| Tralee & Fenit Pier and Harbour Commissioners |
| Wexford Harbour Commissioners |
Of the above, I understand that work is well advanced in the Department of Finance to extend the Freedom of Information (FOI) legislation to both the RSA and the RSC.
Work is also well advanced in that Department to extend the FOI legislation to the Advisory Council to the Commission for Taxi Regulation and the Railway Safety Advisory Council.
With regard to the other bodies listed above, it is not proposed at this stage to bring them under Freedom of Information legislation on grounds of commercial, safety, restructuring and competition considerations.
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