Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

The Minister said the information around relevant bodies is covered in a subsequent section and that is great, if I take him at his word. Why not just strengthen the point in this section if he is already on board, along with the rest of us, on this point? We can add it to this section, given the unique circumstances we are in when considering this legislation. For four decades, people have been refused access to their information by these State bodies and, therefore, there is an understandable level of distrust. That is what we are dealing with and that is why all these amendments have been tabled. People understandably do not believe they are going to be given this information because they have been wrongly denied it for so long. Instead of always trying to discredit the amendments we have tabled because people have come to us in good faith and asked us to table them, can the Minister not strengthen the legislation to assure them that they will be provided with the information we are seeking to ensure is available through this amendment?

If it is already in another section why not strengthen it in this section too?