The Freedom of Information Bill, 2012 material subsequently derived from information so recorded or stored whether manually, mechanically or electronically and anything that is part or a copy, in any form, of any of the foregoing or is a combination of two or more of the foregoing; “information officer” means any officer of a public authority designated as such for purposes of this Act who in the first instance is the chief executive of the public authority, and any delegated officer in any other instance; “Minister” means the Minister for the time being responsible for matters relating to information; National Security” means security or defence of the State means_ (a) military tactics or strategy or military exercises or operations undertaken in preparation of hostilities or in connection with the detection, prevention, suppression, or curtailment of subversive or hostile activities; (b) intelligence relating to the defence of the State; the detection, prevention, suppression or curtailment of subversive or hostile activities; (c) methods of, and scientific or technical equipment for, collecting, assessing or handling information referred to above; (d) the identity of a confidential source and any other source of information related to intelligence gathering, the quantity, characteristics, capabilities, vulnerabilities or deployment of anything being designed, developed, produced or considered for use as weapons or such other equipment. “personal information” means information about an identifiable individual, including, but not limited to:(a) information relating to the race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status. national, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental health, wellbeing, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language and birth of the individual; 2