Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I understand that. However, these are North-South issues which deal with four particular items.

My third point is one I have raised previously. The Information Commissioner referred in her report to the fact that under consumer legislation the cost of goods that are proven to be defective is refunded to the consumer. She went on to state that similar rules should apply to freedom of information fees which apply in the Department of the Taoiseach. If a public body at internal review overturns an earlier decision by the same public body, it seems iniquitous that the requester must pay an additional €75 to which he or she was entitled from the outset. In the case of an appeal to the Department of the Taoiseach, if the freedom of information officer refuses a request which is then granted on appeal, does the Taoiseach not think it would be logical and good manners, to say the least, in view of the falling numbers of applications for information to repay the initial amount in respect of information to which the person would have been entitled in the first place?

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