Charlie McCreevy (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)

The purpose of the section is to ensure that where there is a refusal to confirm or deny the existence or non-existence of a record, the provisions of section 19, 20 or 21 of the Bill are invoked. Public bodies are not obliged to disclose the existence or non-existence of such a record in a notification to a requester. The amendment is consequential on amendments proposed to sections 19, 20 and 21. The Senator proposes to delete section 6.