Dáil debates
Tuesday, 16 October 2007
Freedom of Information.
2:30 pm
Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)
It does stop people from making "trawling" requests across several Departments, which was common at the start. Rather than making targeted requests, they submitted large numbers of requests in order to dig up information that could be used commercially. When the fee of €15 per request was introduced, they were persuaded not to do this.
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