Dáil debates
Wednesday, 3 July 2013
Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage
We were concluding these two amendments. I wanted to give assurances to the Deputy and to the House that the import of what he wanted is fully captured, and I have rechecked that with the Parliamentary Counsel and the Office of the Attorney General. In fact, the advice is that if we try to expand it in a specific way we may exclude things we would like to include. It is better to have the definition that is all-inclusive, as I have indicated. I do not know whether there are Deputies present who were not here last night in terms of reading it again but they can be assured that records of phone conversations or any electronic data, as well as any written documentation, will be subject to access in this definition.
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