Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

They are reviewed every five years. I am not sure that the files I have seen and those that have been held back will ever be released unless, as in the human rights situation, we can get them out eventually. Many of the files relate to people writing to the Taoiseach of the day and giving their view or assessment of information they believed to be security information. How can anyone ever make an assessment about whether they were right or wrong? I do not think most of the files in question will ever see the light of day.

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