Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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Nobody wants to do that. We are all at one on that issue. The Minister of State has just said the Minister will be bound by the decision of the adjudicator. If the Minister is to be bound by something about which he or she does not have full information because some of it will be redacted, that is problematic. I welcome the offer of a briefing on this and we will take the Minister of State up on that because it is helpful to have a discussion in any event.

Two things do not sit well with me. On the one hand, the Minister of State is saying the Minister will be bound by the decision, and I understand the reasons for that, but then, on the flipside, substantial parts of this Bill are about transparency, openness and an end to secrecy, and I acknowledge that.

Substantial parts of it are about transparency, openness and safety. I get that. On the one hand, the Minister is bound by the decision and on the other hand, things are going to be withheld. That is where my difficulty is.