{"id":2737,"date":"2013-11-09T23:03:05","date_gmt":"2013-11-09T23:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.briangreene.com\/bhg\/?p=2737"},"modified":"2013-11-09T23:03:05","modified_gmt":"2013-11-09T23:03:05","slug":"fine-gael-labour-foi-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briangreene.com\/bhg\/2013\/fine-gael-labour-foi-fail\/","title":{"rendered":"Fine Gael \/ Labour FOI fail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>in reply to <a href=\"http:\/\/thestory.ie\/2013\/11\/08\/killing-freedom-of-information-in-ireland\/trackback\/\">Killing Freedom of Information in Ireland<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He said \u2018What do you think about my manifesto? \u2018I like a manifesto, put it to the test-o.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Labour Party Manifesto 2011<\/strong><br \/>\nLabour will restore the Freedom of Information Act so that it is as comprehensive as was originally intended. The fee structure for Freedom of Information requests will be reformed so that cost does not discourage individuals and organisations from seeking information, and the remit of the Freedom of Information and the Ombudsman Acts will be extended to the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na, the Central Bank and other bodies significantly funded from the public purse, that are currently excluded.<\/p>\n<p>#fail<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fine Gael Manifesto 2011<\/strong><br \/>\nFreedom of Information: Restrictions introduced by recent Governments to Freedom of Information in the public sector will be reversed.<\/p>\n<p>#fail<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fine Gael \/ Labour Programme for Government 2011-2016<\/strong><br \/>\nWe will legislate to restore the Freedom of Information Act to what it was before it was underined<br \/>\nby the outgoing Government, and we will extend its remit to other public bodies including the<br \/>\nadministrative side of the Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na, subject to security exceptions.<br \/>\nWe will extend Freedom of Information, and the Ombudsman Act, to ensure that all statutory<br \/>\nbodies, and all bodies significantly funded from the public purse, are covered.<br \/>\nWe will introduce Whistleblowers legislation.<br \/>\nWe will put in place a Whistleblowers Act to protect public servants that expose<br \/>\nmaladministration by Ministers or others, and restore Freedom of Information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>in reply to Killing Freedom of Information in Ireland He said \u2018What do you think about my manifesto? \u2018I like a manifesto, put it to the test-o. Labour Party Manifesto 2011 Labour will restore the Freedom of Information Act so that it is as comprehensive as was originally intended. The fee structure for Freedom of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/briangreene.com\/bhg\/2013\/fine-gael-labour-foi-fail\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fine Gael \/ Labour FOI fail<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briangreene.com\/bhg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briangreene.com\/bhg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briangreene.com\/bhg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briangreene.com\/bhg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briangreene.com\/bhg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2737"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briangreene.com\/bhg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2738,"href":"https:\/\/briangreene.com\/bhg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2737\/revisions\/2738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briangreene.com\/bhg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briangreene.com\/bhg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briangreene.com\/bhg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}