Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

There is no restriction under the Act on the transmission of personal information about an individual. There is no cost in such circumstances. If an individual wants to find out what is in a former civil servant's file in the Department of the Taoiseach, for example, he or she is entitled to access that information. There are no restrictions in that regard, to the best of my knowledge. Sometimes there can be security restrictions, but I do not think that has happened in my Department. Normally, the information would be given to an individual.

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