Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)

I move amendmentNo. 138:

In page 42, to delete lines 15 and 16 and substitute the following:

"(10) The Minister shall publish any report received under this section unless to publish it or to publish parts thereof would prejudice future criminal proceedings in which case the parts in question may be blacked out.".

The Minister addressed this issue in his response to my amendments Nos. 136 and 137. This amendment provides that parts of the report likely to prejudice future criminal proceedings may be blanked out. I would argue this point if we had more time. The public has a right to know the details of special inquiries initiated by the Minister except in cases where publication may interfere with criminal proceedings.

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