Mr. Martin Fraser:

However, in order to be helpful to the Deputy, as stated earlier, with the freedom of information process, one asks for information and either gets it or gets some of it. If one does not get it, one can appeal to the Information Commissioner and, ultimately, to the courts. In that context, putting the Office of the President under the freedom of information legislation would include it in a process that could lead to the courts. That would be, in my opinion, the difficulty. I think it is a policy matter and that it should not arise in respect of the accounts. I do not want to be unhelpful to the Deputy but I think that is a serious point.