Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is a fair point and a mechanism we should explore more. As a member of this committee over two parliamentary terms, I think having Mr. Feeney and other ombudspersons here is an important conduit to information and I hope we will see the Office of the Press Ombudsman being used more. Is the right to information about politicians being overused by journalists? I give the example of the hospital or medical records of politicians being put on public record without their approval.