Michael Ahern (Cork East, Fianna Fail)

At present there can be a refusal to confirm or deny, for example, in relation to Cabinet records under section 19, for legal privilege under section 22, for security reasons under section 23 or for law enforcement reasons under section 24. The provision covering those areas is invoked subject to oversight by the Information Commissioner. The requester is to be informed he or she is being refused for those reasons and he or she can then go to the Information Commissioner to have him review the decision if he or she requires it.