Jim Higgins (Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 30:

In page 11, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following:

(d)a certificate shall specify–

(i)the request under section 7 concerned,

(ii)the deliberative process to which the certificate relates,

(iii)the date on which the certificate is signed by the Secretary General of the Department of State concerned and the date of its expiration, and

(iv)the name of the requester,

and shall be signed by the Secretary General of the Department of State concerned by whom it is issued.

(e)Upon the issue of a certificate, the Secretary General of the Department of State concerned shall cause a copy of the certificate to be furnished forthwith to the requester concerned and to the Minister of the Department of State concerned.