Mr. Rob Wright:

Yes.

I go on, maybe, a little too much, but there was at least one experience in the Department where a piece of advice from the Secretary General or the Department to the Minister was released in public and the Minister of the day had a lot of concern about that. That particular Minister wanted more limited options that he did not agree with - well, that constrained the process. I think that is only one example.

So I expressed some concern about freedom of information to the extent that one does not want anything to restrain Secretaries General of the future from pushing the button when they have to push the button. So one has to be sure one has that outlet.

I think the Department overreacted on that. I think there are provisions. I understand Ireland does not have a Freedom of Information Act like in Canada. It is not accessible. My advice to my Minister is not accessible; that is a blanket exemption. It is vital in my view.