Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Section 88 deals with the right to information and it should be drafted in a broad way to facilitate access to that information for individuals. For that reason, I will support amendment No. 125. I also think amendment No. 126 is appropriate. The Minister's only objection to it is that it is not needed. That may be the case but I do not see any harm in replicating it, notwithstanding the fact that it is referred to previously. If there is any legal doubt over it, the fact that it is expressly contained in section 88 will be of assistance to the person who is seeking information.

I will not support amendment No. 127 as it is too vague. It refers to looking for information relating to the logic involved, but it is very difficult to get a definition of logic in statutes.