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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 5 Nov 2002

Vol. 556 No. 3

Written Answers. - Freedom of Information.

Michael Ring

Ceist:

354 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Education and Science when the Freedom of Information Act, 1997, requirements will be extended to vocational education committees. [19931/02]

As the Deputy will be aware, the Government decided that the process of extending the Freedom of Information Act would continue so that all bodies appropriate for inclusion are covered by the end of the year 2005.

I understand that consultations at official level will be initiated by the Department of Finance within the near future with a view to setting a date for the inclusion of the other bodies. My Department is committed to considering all bodies under its aegis, which were not brought within the remit of FOI, with a view to their possible inclusion in further extensions of the Act. The issue of the inclusion of vocational education committees within the FOI Act will be considered in this context.

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