Martin Mansergh (Fianna Fail)

While I understand the reasoning behind the amendment, we are discussing freedom of deliberation for Government consistent with freedom of information across the board. It is artificial to pick out particular areas which would require judgment; a simple rule would cover the entire business of Government. The ten-year period is reasonable and is liberal by international standards. We should not divide Government business into different categories. The Attorney General has an enormous amount of work to do and I would not add to it in this way.