Seanad debates
Tuesday, 11 March 2003
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage.
2:30 pm
Martin Mansergh (Fianna Fail)
The word "contain" is a more precise formulation than "relate to". I can imagine, as a civil servant who has had to contribute to decision-making, having awful judgment problems about whether something relates to something else. It is vague and ambiguous. The word "contain" is much more precise. Precision in legislation, which makes it easy for people to apply, has merit.
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