Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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672. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occasions since the start of 2014 in which the secretary general of his Department has been involved in the clearing or approval of material for release under freedom of information legislation. [11801/15]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Decisions in relation to FOI requests received by my Department, are made at the appropriate level, within the Unit who hold the relevant records.

The Secretary General has no role in the decision-making process. In certain circumstances, he is advised of records which are to be released under FOI.