Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

There is a cost associated with doing it too, in the form of legal costs at High Court level. Different arms of the State are doing different things. There is supposed to be an open Government approach which, in theory, would give a much clearer view of how decisions are made and should reduce the need for freedom of information requests, as well as the costs of administration and other things. However, this approach does not seem to have permeated some arms of the State. Its building on Usher's Quay is called Local Government House but the Local Government Management Agency seems to have an enclosed mindset, even in the context of engaging with us as we saw last week.