Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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271. To ask the Minister for Finance 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. [11799/15]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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Under section 20 of the Freedom of Information Act, 2014 I have delegated the powers of decision maker and reviewer to officers in my Department. In practice this means that Assistant Principal Officers or equivalents are decision makers and Principal Officers or equivalents act as reviewers of Freedom of Information requests made under the Act to my Department. These officials have the sole responsibility for deciding on the release of records arising from a freedom of information request, or carrying out internal reviews of decisions made.

The Secretary General is not involved in clearing or approving material for release under the legislation.