Dear Jem

 

Please find attached a reply relating to your Official Information Act
request.

Regards

 

Liam

 

 

Liam McCabe | Ministerial Advisor | The Treasury

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Please find attached a letter advising an extension to your OIA request.

 

Regards

 

Cheryl Dean | Team Assistant

The Treasury  |  Kaitohutohu Kaupapa Rawa

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Dear Jem

 

Thank you for your email. The Minister of Finance has oversight and
responsibility for all Government expenditure. As you will appreciate this
results in an extremely large number of reports being prepared for the
Minister of Finance.

 

This means when a list of documents is requested not only are there large
number of titles to be considered for release, there are a significant
number of other agencies affected  by the release of a title, not to
mention other Ministers' offices to be consulted with.

 

This does not include the documents prepared for the Minister of State
Owned Enterprises, or the Associate Ministers of Finance. From time to
time we will also prepare documents for other Ministers.

 

Therefore, this makes the consultation required to complete the request an
extensive and time consuming process. If you were to significantly refine
the scope of your request, it would reduce the amount of time required for
consultation. 

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Liam McCabe

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Jem Traylen [mailto:[FOI #7276 email]]
Sent: Friday, 9 March 2018 3:25 PM
To: Cheryl Dean [TSY] <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Official Information Act Extension - Jem Traylen (20180088)

 

Tena koe Cheryl Dean [TSY],

 

I have carefully considered your extension letter adding up to an
additional 30 working days to the current 20 working day deadline. This
would make it all but impossible to have timely access to information
needed to participate in the democratic processes intended by the OIA Act,
such as Budget 2018 (refer Section 4 (a) (i) of the Act).

 

Having worked extensively in policy ministries myself, I am quite dismayed
that it would take you so long to process what I would have thought was
quite a straightforward request.

 

I would have expected that, like other ministries, you maintain an easily
searchable ministerial database and it would only take a few minutes to
collate a list of briefings provided over the period in question.

 

Is this not the case?

 

Please respond urgently or I will have no choice but to complain to the
Ombudsman.

 

Nga mihi,

 

Jem Traylen

 

-----Original Message-----

 

[UNCLASSIFIED]

 

 

 

Please find attached a letter advising an extension to your OIA request.

 

 

 

Regards

 

 

 

Cheryl Dean | Team Assistant

 

The Treasury  |  Kaitohutohu Kaupapa Rawa

 

1 The Terrace, PO Box 3724, Wellington

 

 

 

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Hi Jem

Thank you for your email.

Thank you also for clarifying that your request will focus on briefings sent by Treasury to the Minister of Finance. As I mentioned in my earlier email this request will still result in substantial consultation. We will attempt to compile a response as soon as practicable within the new deadline.

Regards

Liam

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-----Original Message-----
From: Jem Traylen [mailto:[FOI #7276 email]]
Sent: Monday, 12 March 2018 11:29 PM
To: Liam McCabe [TSY] <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Official Information Act Extension - Jem Traylen (20180088)

Tena koe Liam McCabe [TSY],

My understanding of correct practice is that you should have asked me to refine the scope of my request in the first instance instead of deciding to notify an extension.

The priority is briefings for the Minister of Finance.

Please also note that my request was only for briefings, not other kinds of documents such as aide memoire.

Nga mihi,

Jem Traylen

-----Original Message-----

Dear Jem

 

Thank you for your email. The Minister of Finance has oversight and responsibility for all Government expenditure. As you will appreciate this results in an extremely large number of reports being prepared for the Minister of Finance.

 

This means when a list of documents is requested not only are there large number of titles to be considered for release, there are a significant number of other agencies affected  by the release of a title, not to mention other Ministers' offices to be consulted with.

 

This does not include the documents prepared for the Minister of State Owned Enterprises, or the Associate Ministers of Finance. From time to time we will also prepare documents for other Ministers.

 

Therefore, this makes the consultation required to complete the request an extensive and time consuming process. If you were to significantly refine the scope of your request, it would reduce the amount of time required for consultation. 

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Liam McCabe

 

Liam McCabe | Ministerial Advisor | The Treasury

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Dear Jem

 

Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request.

 

Kind regards

 

Cheryl Robb | MAS Team Assistant | The Treasury

Tel: +64 4 917 6101 | [1][email address]

   

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