Seanad debates

Wednesday, 12 March 2003

Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed).

 

The second part of the amendment proposed by Senator Henry is, as I see it, the major shift from the word "solely" to "primarily". The 1997 Act was drawn up fairly tightly. It was drawn up specifically to limit the number of records which could claim the protection of constitutional privilege so that it would not be possible for civil servants, by preparing stuff largely, primarily or perhaps to go to Government, to say that this is a record of Government which will not be available now or ever – or at least not for five years or what is now likely to be ten years.

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