David Norris (Independent)

I know he has strong views on this matter because I met him in the corridor last night. We had a private conversation, but I imagine he would welcome the opportunity of placing on the record of the House the strong views he expressed to me.

Attacks have been made on the Information Commissioner. To balance these, however, a senior academic from NUI Cork, who is qualified in this area, made it perfectly plain while speaking on RTE this morning that it was not only the entitlement but almost the responsibility of the commissioner to make an intervention such as he did.