Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

We do not want to discover in six months time that there is another piece of information. It is essential that whatever is available is provided in order that people can scrutinise it and ask questions. Whatever the merits of Irish Water, we need to have this process. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform constantly comes here to speak about new ways of doing things, stating it is not about freedom of information but having a more transparent approach from the word go. That is exactly what should have happened in this case. As we keep speaking about this being a major initiative, why has this position not been adopted? If doing things differently is the ultimate aspiration, why is this about retrospective freedom of information rather than a transparent approach?

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