Commissioner: Garda must be subject to Freedom of Information laws

More public bodies, including the Garda Siochana, must be included under the Freedom of Information Act, it was claimed today.

Commissioner: Garda must be subject to Freedom of Information laws
Thu, 16 Mar, 2006 - 14:55

More public bodies, including the Garda Siochana, must be included under the Freedom of Information Act, it was claimed today.

Information Commissioner Emily O’Reilly told an Oireachtas Committee that police forces in England and Scotland were already subject to similar legislation and it must happen here.

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