Seanad debates
Thursday, 20 March 2003
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages.
These linked amendments would provide for the words "MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC" to be replaced by the word "PERSONS" in the long title of the principal Act while the definition of the word "person" in section 2 would be changed to state, in effect, that "person" means a body corporate, an unincorporated body of persons and an individual. With due respect, enshrining in law the definition of the word "person" in terms of three different, yet apparently equal categories would carry the risk of creating confusion. For this reason we have been advised by the Office of the Attorney General not to proceed with the amendments.
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