Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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132. To ask the Taoiseach if the Secretary General of his Department, for the purpose of transparency and accountability, will publish their diary on their website on a monthly basis. [19971/13]

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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My Department has committed in its Strategy Statement to undertake specific actions to promote transparency. To advance this, a programme of measures was recently initiated to promote transparency through the routine publication of information on a quarterly basis.

Information published on the Department's website to date includes details of foreign travel expenses in respect of the Taoiseach and Ministers of State at the Department, details of purchase orders in excess of €20,000, minutes of IFSC Clearing House Group, minutes of the Department’s Management Advisory Committee and a log of Freedom of Information requests. As part of this programme, the Department will also shortly publish the Secretary General’s diary on a quarterly basis subject to any necessary redactions for confidentiality reasons.

All of this information is being published on a regular basis in addition to the significant volume of material published in response to Parliamentary Questions and under Freeedom of Information, which includes details of all payments made by the Department and of the Secretary General's diary.

Thomas Pringle (Donegal South West, Independent)
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134. To ask the Taoiseach when he plans to meet with Justice for the Forgotten, and if he will confirm a date for same. [20275/13]

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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I have agreed to meeting with the Justice for the Forgotten Group and the families of other victims of the troubles. In preparation for a meeting with Justice for the Forgotten officials from my Department met with representatives of the Group on 18th February and have been in regular contact since that meeting. I hope to be in a position to meet with the Group shortly, and a date will be confirmed to them as soon as possible.