Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I do not think that any assumptions are being made in the amendments regarding current standard practice. The fact that it is standard practice and good practice is a reason for putting this aspect into the legislation. I take the point, though, that none of us knows what the best place for information will be in 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 or 70 years' time. If we look through legislation, however, it generally deals with the here and now and prevailing procedural processes. While we do not know how all this is going to evolve, we do know that our website is going to be an important place for finding and accessing information over the next decade. We know that much. Websites may well evolve but they are not going to disappear overnight. My preference, therefore, would be to have this good practice specified in the legislation.