Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In any such discussions there is confidentiality around individual items. There is commercial confidentiality. There is confidentiality that is recognised in our freedom of information process. Where there is a negotiation or a deliberative process one does not have a right of access to all the papers that might be engaged in. It is recognised in every freedom of information legislation that there is such a deliberative process. In some negotiations there are sensitive issues that have to be dealt with. Obviously the Commission has agreed to give limited access to members of the European Parliament.

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