Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 February 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion (Resumed) with National Newspapers of Ireland

10:30 am

Photo of Liam TwomeyLiam Twomey (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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In the same spirit, we want to see more open government. There will always be toing and froing and everyone feels they are hard done by in the media in this game. I am sure we are not and that it is merely our sensitivity.

I thank the witnesses for their attendance. All submissions and discussions will go into our final report which will be forwarded to the Department to form part of its deliberations. This was a very useful exercise.