Seanad debates
Wednesday, 12 March 2003
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed).
Of all the sections we have dealt with so far, this one is wide open to abuse. We are talking about definitions of the terms "vexatious" and "frivolous" and somebody barraging the Department with what appear to be reasonable requests, but which are being made en bloc. There is a major prospect that this section will be used on the basis that the requests are too numerous, they are coming from somebody who has been using the Act too frequently or that the requests are vexatious or frivolous, an area which is wide open to interpretation.
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