Freedom of Information Act 2014 (Exempted Public Bodies) Order 2015

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 144/2015
• Year: 2015

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 24th April, 2015.

I, BRENDAN HOWLIN, Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 6 (5) of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 (No. 30 of 2014), with the consent of the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, the Minister for Defence, the Minister for Education and Skills, the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, hereby make the following order, a draft of which has been laid before each House of the Oireachtas and a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each such House:

Citation

1. This Order may be cited as the Freedom of Information Act 2014 (Exempted Public Bodies) Order 2015.

Definitions

2. In this Order—

“Act of 1998” means the Education Act 1998 (No. 51 of 1998);

“Act of 2003” means the Official Languages Act 2003 (No. 32 of 2003);

“Act of 2014” means the Freedom of Information Act 2014 (No. 30 of 2014).

Application of section 6(1) of Freedom of Information Act 2014

3. (1) Section 6(1) of the Act of 2014 shall not apply to the bodies specified in Part 1 of the Schedule to the extent specified in that Schedule.

(2) Section 6(1) of the Act of 2014 shall not apply to the bodies specified in Part 2 of the Schedule.

(3) A reference to a body in paragraph (1) or (2) includes—

(a) any subsidiary of, and

(b) any body directly or indirectly controlled by,

that body.

Schedule

Part 1

(a) Oifig Choimisinéir na dTeangacha Oifigiúla, insofar as it relates to records concerning—

(i) its monitoring of compliance by public bodies, within the meaning of the Act of 2003, with their obligations under that Act, or

(ii) an investigation by the Commissioner under the Act of 2003;

(b) the National Treasury Management Agency—

(i) insofar as it relates to records concerning the performance of its functions under Part 5 of the National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 23 of 2014), save as regards records concerning the general administration of those functions, and

(ii) in the performance of its functions conferred under the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Act 2014 (No. 22 of 2014) insofar as it relates to records concerning the following:

(I) providers or potential providers of finance (including loans) to the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland or to any project, fund or other entity managed or promoted by the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland;

(II) companies, firms, funds or any other entities to which the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland has provided finance (including loans) or could potentially provide finance (including loans) and...