Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

There is promised legislation. It is being used to withhold legitimately sought information from people by public representatives. It is being used as a shelter to ensure that no information is given or that the elected Members of Parliament do not get information. There is a vehicle before the House in which context this might now be treated. The confidential communications with Oireachtas Members Bill is promised legislation, No. 109, and is expected to be published in 2012. Alongside that, an amendment to the Data Protection Act, which is now causing a serious problem for public representatives-----

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