Seanad debates
Tuesday, 4 March 2003
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed).
2:30 pm
Frank Feighan (Fine Gael)
I was not asked for my views when the legislation was drawn up and I would like to know why the National Union of Journalists was ignored. This is a back-stairs exercise and an assault on the spirit of openness and transparency of the original Act.
During 2001, 15,428 freedom of information requests were made to an ever expanding list of public bodies.
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