Questions

328. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation where in the Freedom of Information Act 2014 it authorises the Information Commissioner to develop and deliver training modules for and to public bodies, considering section 8(11) of the Act stipulates this is the responsibility of each respective Minister. [32525/25]

329. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the way in which the Information Commissioner justifies wasting his experienced staff's time and effort to develop and deliver training modules for public bodies when he only closed 51% of cases in 2023 within the four months stipulated at section 22(3) of the Freedom of Information Act 2014. [3…

330. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the way in which the Information Commissioner maintains his independence under section 43(3) of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 when both training and reviewing the self-same public bodies. [32527/25]

331. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of staff who left the Office of the Information Commissioner during 2023; the number of exit interviews conducted; the three main reasons for leaving the office; and the number of exiting staff who expressed dissatisfaction with the way in which the Office of the Information Commissio…

332. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the way in which the Information Commissioner rates the experience of his team, considering that paragraph 4 page 27 of his predecessor's briefing document said the office had a relatively inexperienced team overall. [32529/25]