Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

On the same issue, the Taoiseach may be aware that many people, including Members of this House and members of the media, have tabled freedom of information, FOI, requests in respect of the communication that was taking place between the different agencies of the HSE, in the HSE itself, in the Department and at ministerial level relating to this unfolding scandal. The minute a statutory inquiry is established, all of these FOI requests will be denied. Depending on the type of inquiry that is set up, it may be months if not years before we get to the truth. In the era of transparency and given what was done by the Department of Finance in the past in terms of publishing all of the documentation relating to NAMA on its own website before providing same to a committee of the Assembly, will the Taoiseach ensure that the Department of Health, the HSE and other agencies publish all necessary information, in a redacted format with no personal information, so that the public can have full sight of what went on behind the scenes in this area?

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