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FOIRequest Reference: 122/2009Schedule of Records: Summary of Decision Making:
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A.
Brief Description
&
Date
of
RecordInternal D/Finance email
from
Mr.William Beausang, Assistant Secretary
to
Mr. Kevin
Cardiff,
Second
Secretary.14/07/08. Attachment:
DSG
Meeting
8
July
2008.
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of
Refusal
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Section
of Act
S19(l)(c)
Meetings
of
the
Government
S26(l)(a)-
Informationreceivedinconfidence.Reason forDecisionThis record
contains
informationfor
a
member
of
the
Government
for
use by himprimarily
for
the purpose ofthe transaction
of any
business
of the
Government
at
a
meeting
ofthe
Government.
This
documentcontainsinformationreceived
by the
Department
of
Finance
in
confidence andPublic InterestConsideration
(if
applicable)Mandatory
refusal
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is a
public interesttestunderSections 26 ofthe FOI Acts.however it isnot in the
2Series
of emails. Mr.
William
Beausang,
Assistant Secretary, D/Financeto Mr.
Matthew
Pass,
Merrill Lynch,
10/10/08;
Mr. John Meade, Arthur Cox Solicitors to
Mr.
William
Beausang, D/Finance
and
reply
from
Mr.
Beausang,
1
1/10/08; email
from
Mr. William Beausang to Mr. Bob
O'Hara,
Central Bank, 1
1/10/08;
email
from
Ms. Cristina
Caffarry,
CRA
8
Refuse
S27(l)(b)
Commerciallysensitive
information
S.22(l)(a)
Parliamentary
,
Court
and
certain other
matters.
on the
understandingthat
it
would
be
treated asconfidential.This recordcontains
financialinformation
whosedisclosurecouldreasonablebeexpectedtoresultin amaterial
financial
lossorgaintowhom
the
informationrelates.
This record
is
exempt
from
production
in a
court on thegrounds
of
legalprofessionalprivilege.public
interest
in
releasing
the
redacted areasThere is a
public
interest
test
underSection 27 ofthe
Act,
however thebalance lies in
not
releasing
the
record
Itis not in the
public interest
to release the
deleted
parts ofthis record
International to Mr.
William
Beausang,D/Finance,
1
1/10/08; email
from
Mr. TimGiles,
CRA to Mr.
William Beausang,
11/10/08.
S24 (2)(e)Security,
defence and
internationalrelations
S26(l)(a)-
Informationreceived inconfidence.
S27(l)(b)
Commercially
sensitive
information
The
recordcontains
information
communicated
in
confidence
from
theMinisterforFinance
to an
institution orbodyof theEuropeanUnion
and
relates
to
negotiationsbetween
the
Stateandsuch
an
organisation.
As
aboveAs aboveThere
is no
public interesttest underSection
24.As
above
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