Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I am aware that if it is not to the Deputy's liking it is not right.

The vast bulk of freedom of information requests are under five hours. The idea is to disaggregate requests. One can put in as many as one wishes, for no cost. There is no limitation. However, it makes sense when one gets the request to know exactly what is required, as opposed to receiving an omnibus request. More than 500 bodies are covered by this legislation, many of them for the first time. This is ground breaking, good legislation. Is it perfect? No, but it will be reviewed and refined into the future, like all legislation. However, most objective people would regard this as an extraordinarily important advance.

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