Seanad debates

Thursday, 20 March 2003

Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages.

 

It was clearly provided in the Freedom of Information Act 1997 that people could seek personal details and records dating as far back as they wished. In other areas, information could only be sought from the date of the implementation of the Act. A difficulty arose from this particular court case, however, and nobody is too clear now as to the current situation. The section I am seeking to introduce is designed bring about some degree of clarity and certainty to the situation regarding personal information. Suppose, for example, a file related to events 40 years ago. How can anybody determine what was in the mind of the author at the time that record was created? That is the type of difficulty raised in the High Court judgment.

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