Seanad debates
Tuesday, 11 March 2003
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage.
I went through the Bill at the weekend before I knew of or had sight of the document we are now discussing. My objection is based on my experience of dealing with FOI requests to Departments. In another part of the principal Act, as Senator Mansergh stated, it is stated a head, meaning a section head, may delegate any of these functions to various people but what is required under the section we are now proposing to delete is that a record be kept and that it be brought to public attention. What does this mean?
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