Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It was prudent that a review took place. It was very open-ended on public consultation and structured stakeholder engagement. There is also the international metric, which is important in that context. It has been established with very strong engagement in the recent period. We want to assess the feedback from the broader political system and, indeed, public interest parties that want to extract information in the interest of transparency, which does help to strengthen evidence-based public policy. It has been a force for good in overall public policy over many years. The spirit in which I will bring forward this review will be very much in that light. It will take into account the feedback we are getting from the public.

Turning to the Deputy's point concerning appeals and consistency of decision-making, as I said, there is a low rate of review decisions, at 3%, while 1% are submitted to the Information Commissioner. This has been consistent over many years. I have not seen the report yet so we will see what it recommends.

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