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Bank guarantee meetings to remain secret
27-Jan-10
In a move which is increasingly becoming typical of this government, the Information Commissioner, Emily O’Reilly, has denied a Freedom of Information request to release documents relating to the circumstances around the setting up of the bank guarantee.
The Sunday Times reports that the Information Commissioner, Emily O’Reilly, has denied their Freedom of Information request to release documents related to two meetings on the night of September 29/30, 2008, one involving senior ministers and officials and another also involving senior banking executives. The paper reports:
In making the decision, she rejected advice from Sean Garvey, a senior investigator in the Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC), who recommended that the documents be released to The Sunday Times under the Freedom of Information (FoI) legislation because of strong “public interest”.
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O’Reilly’s decision is a victory for the Department of Finance, which fought a 14-month battle against the release of any documents related to the bank guarantee. It relented and released uncontentious material two weeks ago, but remains opposed to the release of records relating to the guarantee meetings of September 29/30.
The department had warned that it would take High Court action to prevent the release of these records after Garvey recommended their release, with some redactions. Both AIB and Bank of Ireland also opposed their release.
Once again cementing their reputation for not taking responsibility for their actions, indeed being no less than asleep at the wheel of the nation, this Fianna Fáil led government has chosen to hide behind the Commissioner in ensuring that evidence for their ineptitude remains hidden from the public, to whom they are ostensibly answerable, until 2038.
Amhrán Nua protests this and other actions similarly taken to disguise and hide public information from the view of the public in the strongest possible terms.
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