Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 October 2014
472. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Health the position regarding two organisations that have service contracts with the Health Service Executive and the constitutional right to seek information under the Freedom of Information Act (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40473/14]
Amharc ar fhreagraI would like to inform the Deputy that the new Freedom of Information Act was enacted on Tuesday, 14 October 2014.
S6(9) has now become Section S11(9) of the FOI Act, 2014 and it states that "A record in the possession of a service provider shall, if and in so far as it relates to the service, be deemed for the purposes of this Act to be held by the FOI body, and there shall be deemed to be included in the contract for the service a provision that the service provider shall, if so requested by the FOI body for the purposes of this Act, give the record to the FOI body for retention by it for such period as is reasonable in the particular circumstances "
The HSE is best placed to deal with queries in relation to specific contracts in place with bodies such as Nua and Redwood. In this context, I have forwarded the Deputy’s question to the HSE for direct reply to him.
