Finance Committee to continue hearings on FOI legislation

Ciarán Lynch, TD, Chairman of the Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, said:
“Tomorrow, we will continue our hearings on the General Scheme of the Freedom of Information Bill 2012 when we meet with representatives from National Newspapers of Ireland.  As the representative body for Ireland's national newspapers and Irish editions of UK national newspapers, we will be particularly interested in getting NNI’s views on current FOI legislation and how they see the proposed legislation impacting on the FOI regime in this country.”

As part of its hearings, the Committee has already met with Seamus Dooley, National Union of Journalists; Gavin Sheridan, Thestory.ie; Luke Bukha, Anti-Deportation Ireland; Emily O’Reilly, Information Commissioner; and with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin TD.

This meeting will start in Committee Room 3, Leinster House at 9.30am on Thursday, 7th February 2013.

Committee proceedings can be followed live at: http://www.oireachtas.ie/parliament/watchlisten/

For further information please contact:

Ciaran Brennan,
Houses of the Oireachtas,
Communications Unit,
Leinster House,
Dublin 2

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Committee Membership

Deputies

Richard Boyd-Barrett, People Before Profit
Michael Creed, Fine Gael
Pearse Doherty, Sinn Fein
Stephen Donnelly, Independent
Sean Fleming, Fianna Fáil
Joe Higgins, Socialist Party
Heather Humphreys, Fine Gael
Kevin Humphreys, Labour Party
Peter Mathews, Fine Gael
Mary Lou McDonald, Sinn Fein
Ciarán Lynch, Labour Party (Chairman)
Michael McGrath, Fianna Fáil
Dara Murphy, Fine Gael
Timmy Dooley, Fianna Fáil
Kieran O’Donnell, Fine Gael
Arthur Spring, Labour Party
Brian Stanley, Sinn Féin
Billy Timmins, Fine Gael
Liam Twomey, Fine Gael
Simon Harris, Fine Gael
Aodhán Ó'Ríordáin, Labour Party

Senators

Sean D Barrett
Thomas Byrne
Paul Coghlan
Michael D’Arcy
Aideen Hayden
Tom Sheahan