Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)

Section 61 requires the commission to allow affected parties to see a draft of a commission investigation report before publication. Section 61(7) prohibits such a person disclosing the draft to any other person. This provision is designed to prevent a report from being leaked to the media. Deputy Shortall's amendment proposes that such a prohibition on disclosure would not apply to a person's professional adviser. While this is probably implied in any case, I am happy that the Deputy's amendment is a good one and I will accept it.

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