Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

-----and it said it was up to the national Government to release the document and that it would encourage the national Government to do so.

I put it to the Taoiseach that this is a ridiculous situation. His position seems to be that he describes the document as okay but that having people see it would destroy our relations with other states. That is the response we got and it is why I tabled the question, "To ask the Taoiseach if he has reviewed the policy implications of decisions by him on freedom of information requests since the matter was last discussed in Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter." It should be changed and I ask the Taoiseach whether he will change it.

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