Seanad debates
Wednesday, 12 March 2003
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed).
Almost always, on any difficult question before Cabinet, the relevant Ministers, with or without officials, are assembled. There may be papers which are being worked on. These are all part of the one deliberative process. It is entirely artificial to separate them and put only a minimal definition on what is involved, that is, literally only the paper that goes before Cabinet. Therefore I can see the logic of these changes. It corresponds accurately to the reality of modern Government.
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