Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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304. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform 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. [11804/15]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, 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 at Assistant Principal Officer and Principal Officer level and their decisions on Freedom of Information requests are binding. The Secretary General of my Department has no role in the clearing or approval of material for release for these requests.