Dáil debates
Thursday, 2 April 2015
Freedom of Information Act 2014: Motions
12:20 pm
Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
Exactly. I will have to go to all 14 Departments and there might be a search and retrieval fee. The Minister acknowledged in the briefing note we received that in the case of the refugee bodies, an additional concern communicated by the Department of Justice and Equality was that third-party freedom of information requests would have the potential to delay judicial reviews of the organisation's decision-making, giving rise to significant additional costs in direct provision. That opens up a whole new vista. Is that the real reason behind it?
In light of those reservations and objections to these changes to freedom of information, Fianna Fáil will be voting against these motions.
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