O’Reilly: A shame some bodies not within FoI remit

INFORMATION commissioner Emily O’Reilly has criticised the Government for allowing some leading public bodies to remain outside Freedom of Information (FoI) legislation.

Ms O’Reilly also expressed concern that some information that had previously been available under FoI legislation had been removed from its scope through the establishment of new state bodies such as the Road Safety Authority.

She urged the Government to change procedures by which such organisations come under the legislation, so that the FoI Act would be applicable from the date of their establishment.