Seanad debates

Tuesday, 11 March 2003

Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage.

 

2:30 pm

Photo of Joe O'TooleJoe O'Toole (Independent)

I would be happy to do that but the difficulty is that I will not have the opportunity to discuss them. That was my point. The Minister and I can meet outside the Chamber and have a reasonable conversation but I can do no more with it. That is the difficulty. The Cathaoirleach said this can be discussed on Committee Stage. What has now emerged, and this attaches no personal blame to the Minister, is that the Minister does not have the information to deal with it. There is something wrong with that.

How can we do business in this way? If there are legal difficulties, I need to know what they are. I am not interested in bringing forward amendments that are rooted in difficulty.

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