Brendan Ryan (Labour)

I ask the Leader of the House to endeavour to find out from the Government its plans, if any, to amend the Freedom of Information Act 1997. Those of us on this side of the House, particularly in my party, are aware that when negotiations were taking place between Fianna Fáil and the Labour Party following the 1992 general election, the biggest sticking point with Fianna Fáil related to freedom of information. Fianna Fáil, perhaps because of an inherent resistance to the principle of freedom of information, would only concede that it would be considered. When we begin to hear selective floated comments—