20. Amendment of Freedom of Information Act 2014

The Freedom of Information Act 2014 is amended -

(a) in section 2(1), by the insertion of the following definition:

"'HBFI group entity' has the same meaning as it has in the Home Building Finance Ireland Act 2018;",

and

(b) in Part 1 of Schedule 1 -

(i) in paragraph (ai), by the substitution of "functions;" for "functions,", and

(ii) by the insertion of the following paragraphs after paragraph (aj):

"(ak) the National Treasury Management Agency in the performance of the functions conferred on it under the Home Building Finance Ireland Act 2018 insofar as it relates to records concerning the following:

(i) providers or potential providers of finance (including loans) to Home Building Finance Ireland or any HBFI group entity;

(ii) companies, firms, funds or any other entities to which Home Building Finance Ireland or any HBFI group entity has provided finance (including loans) or could potentially provide finance (including loans);

(iii) market counterparties or potential market counter

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