75. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reasons section 16 of the Freedom of Information Act 1997, which requires public bodies to publish and make available the criteria they use for making decisions, has been excluded in the current Freedom of Information Bill 2013 and replaced by section 8; if his attention has been drawn to transparency issues in section 8 of the new Bill with regards to the publication schemes which seek to replace the original Act's section 16, giving power to public bodies to decide themselves what information will be made public and in addition granting power to him to decide what information is made public and to revise such information as he sees fit; his views on whether the new Bill will enhance arbitrary decision-making as opposed to transparent decision-making; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18166/14]

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75. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reasons section 16 of the Freedom of Information Act 1997, which requires public bodies to publish and make available the criteria they use for making decisions, has been excluded in the current Freedom of Information Bill 2013 and replaced by section 8; if his attention has been drawn to transparency issues in section 8 of the new Bill with regards to the publication schemes which seek to replace the original Act's section 16, giving power to public bodies to decide themselves what information will be made public and in addition granting power to him to decide what information is made public and to revise such information as he sees fit; his views on whether the new Bill will enhance arbitrary decision-making as opposed to transparent decision-making; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18166/14]

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1. 16 April 2014

   Freedom of Information Legislation

   75. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reasons section 16 of the Freedom of Information Act 1997, which requires public bodies to publish and make available the criteria they use for making decisions, has been excluded in the current Freedom of Information Bill 2013 and replaced by section 8; if his attention has been drawn to transparency issues in section 8 of the new Bill with regards to the publication schemes which seek to replace the original Act's section 16, giving power to public bodies to decide themselves what information will be made public and in addition granting power to him to decide what information is made public and to revise such information as he sees fit; his views on whether the new Bill will enhance arbitrary decision-making as opposed to transparent decision-making; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18166/14]

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