Seanad debates

Wednesday, 23 October 2002

Business of Seanad. - Digital Hub Development Agency Bill 2002: Committee Stage.

 

Publication is one of the great tools of democratic accountability and that is reflected in the saying that knowledge is power. It is further reflected in the cynical phrase that what people do not know will not hurt them. Ireland has a long history and tradition of assuming accountability through publication. In trying to bring this tradition up to date, I attempted to embrace the new technology and hoped that this would increase the meaningfulness of accountability.

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