Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)

-----full information been not been analysed. Surely we are entitled to see what information was available to the Minister and what information he had the opportunity to read before making that decision.

The Minister has been consistent over the years, whether in government or in opposition, in calling for a widening and a better use of the Freedom of Information Acts for the public administration. I am most disappointed that he and his Department refused to release this information to us.

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