49 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if, with reference to his Department’s circular number 20 of 1998, dealing with the classification of material by Departments as top secret, following upon a Government decision that the classification top secret should in future be applied to particularly sensitive material which, because of its nature or content, should receive only very limited circulation, other Departments have in the years since 1998 undertaken a formal review at Assistant Secretary level, of the amount of and necessity for material classified as top secret, on a regular basis at a minimum of once a year as required by his Department’s circular; the outcome of those reviews; the actions taken as a result of those reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31863/07]

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49 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if, with reference to his Department’s circular number 20 of 1998, dealing with the classification of material by Departments as top secret, following upon a Government decision that the classification top secret should in future be applied to particularly sensitive material which, because of its nature or content, should receive only very limited circulation, other Departments have in the years since 1998 undertaken a formal review at Assistant Secretary level, of the amount of and necessity for material classified as top secret, on a regular basis at a minimum of once a year as required by his Department’s circular; the outcome of those reviews; the actions taken as a result of those reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31863/07]

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