Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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803. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of occasions since the start of 2014 on which the Secretary General of her Department has been involved in the clearing or approval of material for release under freedom of information legislation. [11797/15]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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Under the provisions of freedom of information legislation, the decision-making and internal review functions of requests processed within my Department are formally delegated to departmental officials from Executive Officer to Assistant Secretary level. The Secretary General of my Department has no role in the clearing or approval of material for release for these requests.