Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

People are fully entitled to send in freedom of information requests. When lists of things that are completely unrelated are sent in on a single page, the view taken is that each separate matter constitutes a separate request. If it takes less than two hours to deal with any of those matters, or if any of them relates to a personal matter, there is no charge. It is a case of reflecting that reality. The freedom of information regime is being extended to reverse the measures that were introduced some years ago with regard to Cabinet records, communications between Ministers, the scope to withhold all records pertaining to the deliberative process and the mandatory blanket extensions that apply to security, defence and international relations matters. The new freedom of information Bill reverses a great deal of these measures. I think that is in the public interest.

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