Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion
1:15 pm
Ms Emily O'Reilly:
Yes, it is. We allocate an amount of our annual budget to deal with legal issues and this will be a large chunk out of the budget. However, in our view, certain issues must be appealed in the public interest. I refer to the NAMA case, for example.