The Central Bank of Ireland is not complying with Freedom of Information (FoI) laws, according to the Information Commissioner.

It has been revealed by the Irish Examiner that the Department of Social Protection has reversed its decision to ban all firms where it was alleged that interns had been assaulted and bullied.

Businesses were barred from using the JobBridge scheme following allegations that interns were assaulted, bullied, had their safety compromised, and were forced to work unfair hours.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan has said he is not aware of any legal concerns expressed by the ECB regarding the disclosure of a letter sent by the bank to the late Brian Lenihan in the run-up to the 2010 bailout.

Agriculture ministers and department officials held more than a dozen unrecorded meetings with the chairman of the Irish Greyhound Board over the course of 17 months when controversies around its operation began to emerge.

Information Commissioner Emily O’Reilly has criticised the Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation over its failure to provide any detailed data on the number of Freedom of Information requests submitted to public bodies in 2012.

Information Commissioner Emily O’Reilly has called on the Government to speed up election promises made to voters to introduce major reforms and extensions to freedom of information legislation.

There was an 8% increase in the number of Freedom of Information requests last year.

The Department of Education was among a list of State bodies which breached laws aimed at providing services in the Irish language, it was revealed today.

IN February of this year, the Irish Examiner submitted a request to the Health Service Executive (HSE) under the Freedom of Information Act for copies of all HSE pre-school inspection reports for facilities catering for 10 children or more for the period October 1, 2005, to September 30, 2006.

THE Information Commissioner Emily O’Reilly has expressed concern at the large number of public bodies, including the gardaí, that continue to be excluded from Freedom of Information (FoI) legislation.

IRELAND’S information watchdog has called for a reduction in fees for Freedom of Information requests after she revealed applications were down by 50% since their imposition.

DECISIONS on the release of contentious records under the Freedom Of Information Act are being delayed by years due to a lack of staff in the appeals body.

ON March 3, 2000, I sent a formal request to the Department of Health, under the Freedom of Information Act, for information and records regarding the Nationally Approved Guidelines, Protocols, Principles and Standards of Good Practice for the Investigation and Validation of Reported Alleged Cases of Child Sexual Abuse pertaining to the period January 1983 to January 2001.

Fine Gael's Enda Kenny has claimed the Government broke its own recommendations when it drew up the regulations introducing fees for freedom of information requests and says the coalition is "strangling" the Act..