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31. Parliamentary, court and certain other matters

(1) A head shall refuse to grant an FOI request if the record concerned -

(a) would be exempt from production in proceedings in a court on the ground of legal professional privilege,

(b) is such that the head knows or ought reasonably to have known that its disclosure would constitute contempt of court, or

(c) consists of -

(i) the private papers of a member of the European Parliament or a member of a local authority, or

(ii) opinions, advice, recommendations, or the results of consultations, considered by -

(I) either House of the Oireachtas or the Chairman or Deputy Chairman or any other member of either such House or a member of the staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas Service for the purposes of the proceedings at a sitting of either such House, or

(II) a committee appointed by either such House or jointly by both such Houses and consisting of members of either or both of such Houses or a member of such a committee or a member of the staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas Service f

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