Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 262: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will supply a list of projects undertaken or to be undertaken by his Departments Government Reform in 2012. [36590/12]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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The list of projects as contained in the Programme for Government to be progressed by my Department in 2012 is as follows:- Reform and extension of Freedom of Information; Establishing a legal framework for Oireachtas inquiries; Review and modernisation of ethics legislation ; Statute Law Revision; Regulation of lobbying; Safeguarding confidential information communicated to a public representative; Introduction of cross-sectoral whistleblower protection legislation; Extension of the Ombudsman's remit; Review of the legal framework for civil service accountability.