Joe O'Toole (Independent)

I am sorry, a Chathaoirligh, but I will not accept that it is appropriate for a Government Department to say to me that information it should have given to me is available on somebody else's website. The Minister is taking advantage of his position and I want it clearly understood that it is not good enough. If this is accepted as a method of communication, we might as well all go home. This is a Government that talks about e-Government. Is this its attitude towards freedom of information – that it will ride roughshod over the rest of us, treat us like dirt and make smart-ass comments when we raise serious issues? It is unacceptable.