Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent)
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Question 62: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider making the Office of the President subject to the Freedom of Information Act; if not, why not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16643/11]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy may be aware that the Programme for Government proposes to extend the Freedom of Information Acts, to ensure that all statutory bodies, and all bodies significantly funded from the public purse, are covered.

The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform is reviewing the Freedom of Information Acts, in light of the Programme for Government commitment to inform the preparation of appropriate legislative amendments for consideration by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in the first instance and the Government in due course.