Jim Higgins (Fine Gael)

I move amendment No. 1:

In page 7, line 2, to delete paragraph (a).

This amendment seeks to delete the provision in paragraph (a) which includes a reference to paragraph (c) of section 10(1) of the principal Act, which will state:

(1) A head to whom a request under section 7 is made may refuse to grant the request if –

(a) the record concerned does not exist or cannot be found after all reasonable steps to ascertain its whereabouts have been taken,