Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

The Freedom of Information Act with its tried and tested mechanisms applies here. There is no question of issues of commercial sensitivity having been invented by a predecessor of mine as Minister for Finance. The original legislation included that as something which has to be taken into account in examining the documentation which will be generated by this legislation. However, this documentation is capable of being the subject matter of a freedom of information request and any information will be dealt with under the freedom of information legislation, taking account of the various safeguards and balances inserted in that Act. Deputy Burton's party was in government at the time of the legislation's enactment. The amending legislation of 2003 did not affect that issue.

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