Queen Elizabeth gave a nice bottle of whiskey to Enda Kenny in 2011
Find out what presents Enda Kenny has received since taking office… including a €5k famine painting from Michael Flatley.
View ArticleLabour MEPs call on government to release information about IBRC liquidation
MEP Phil Prendergast said that “a blanket refusal policy would serve only to heighten distrust in government and in the ECB.”
View ArticleNoonan denies ECB instruction to refuse information about IBRC
The finance minister says the ECB has not told Ireland to refuse Freedom of Information requests about the IBRC wind-up.
View ArticleInformation Commissioner: staff resources no excuse for FoI delays
Emily O’Reilly said processing Freedom of Information requests is a statutory requirement of public bodies.
View ArticleFF: Claims of no bank guarantee documents are ‘a lie’, and this FOI proves it
The government continues to insist that there are no documents in existence which explain the rationale behind the decision to guarantee the banks in September 2008.
View ArticleHSE begins publishing pre-school inspections
The reports for childcare facilities in the Limerick area are now online and HSE will continue on ‘county-by-county’ basis.
View ArticleCabinet papers from 2008 set to become available
Changes to Freedom of Information (FOI) rules mean government deliberations from five-years-ago will be available on request.
View ArticleBrendan Howlin “had to fight a battle” for new Freedom of Information law
NAMA, the Central Bank and An Garda Siochána will all be subject to Freedom of Information laws for the first time – but it took some doing.
View ArticleFreedom of Information bill criticised – because Irish Water isn’t included
Seán Fleming TD said that the legislation has ‘severe limits’ and that Irish Water should be included under it.
View ArticleGovernment insists new FOI bill does not intend to ‘uninvent computers’
Transparency activists have raised concerns about a provision in the new Freedom of Information Bill but the government has insisted their interpretation of the bill is not what the proposed...
View ArticleGovernment acknowledges section of new FOI bill ‘may cause difficulties’
The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform will consider if section 17 of the new FOI bill needs to be altered in the wake of correspondence from the Information Commissioner.
View ArticleOver 300,000 attempts to access porn in the British parliament
Figures obtained by the Huffington Post show that there were thousands of requests for pornographich websites in the Houses of Parliament in the last year.
View ArticleEscort and ‘hook-up’ sites among attempts to access porn at Leinster House
However, this does not include any attempts that might have been made by TDs, Senators or their staff.
View ArticleHowlin to announce new Open Data measures today
The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform wants to speed up Ireland’s admission to a global partnership on Open Data.
View ArticleDepartment’s FOI amendments ‘run entirely contrary to spirit’ of bill
NUJ Secretary Seamus Dooley said that if the amendments are passed there is a danger FOI requests will “become unaffordable”.
View ArticleHere’s What Happened Today: Sunday
Everyone’s talking about a stabbing in Limerick, Remembrance Day and devastation left by Typhoon Haiyan.
View ArticleHow will the new Freedom of Information charges compare to other countries?
We look at how Ireland compares to the two other countries that charge upfront for FOI requests.
View ArticleHoping to watch this afternoon’s Freedom of Information debate? Well, the...
Staff are working to fix the problem and hope to have it corrected “as soon as possible”.
View ArticleMinister Brendan Howlin describes increased FOI fee as a “token charge”
The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reforms said that such fees were entirely fair ‘given that the average cost to process such requests was €600′.
View Article“Experts aren’t always right” – Taoiseach defends FOI bill
The initial fee of €15 is “relatively small”, the Taoiseach said.
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