Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 July 2023
352. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if consideration has been given to the inclusion of the running costs for the President to be subject to freedom of information requests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36212/23]
View answerThere are no plans to change the current status of the President under the Freedom of Information Act, which derives from the constitutional position of that Office, as recently considered by the Supreme Court in Right to Know CLG v. Commissioner for Environmental Information [2022] IESC 19.
However, details of expenditure by the President’s Establishment are in any case available outside of FOI, as they are set out annually in the Revised Estimates Volume.
