Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)

This amendment is a drafting change which provides that the disclosure of information shall not have a harmful effect unless it comes within the parameters set out in section 55(2). I would prefer to state it in this way because, in its original form, the section states that it has a harmful effect if it does any of these things. It is better to state that it does not have a harmful effect unless it does one of these things. It is a slightly more liberal law if phrased in the latter manner.