Seanad debates

Wednesday, 12 March 2003

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

 

In addition, apart, altogether, from the constitutional unrecognisability of the definition as so extended, the proposed inclusion of a "committee of officials" within the definition of "Government" is likely to lead to difficulties of interpretation as the proposed amendment does not go so far as to indicate sufficiently clearly, if at all, when the expression "Government" in section 19, would admit to the possibility that a committee of officials is being referred to and when it would not.

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