Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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This leads me to my final question, before bringing in Deputy Timmins. As you say, freedom of information requests - particularly in the print media - can lead to a substantive story being developed over a period of time, and then maybe a two-page spread from what has been compiled through a series of requests. Is there a difference in terms of the various media - be it television, radio or print - as to how freedom of information responses are made? If one is in the daily news cycle, do freedom of information requests operate differently? Is there a different sort of need in terms of the speed of the information coming out? Different media may have different needs with regard to FOI requests.