Geraldine Feeney (Fianna Fail)

I agree with Senator Ryan. However, it was normally the non-professional person on the board of which I was a member who insisted on maintaining confidentiality. The tendency to leak information always gives rise to problems. It is normally the professionals on boards, rather than lay members or those representing particular interest groups, who are most guilty of leaking information. I agree with the Senator that confidentiality is extremely important, particularly in the case of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland or the Irish Medical Council. However, I do not know what we can do to ensure the confidentiality provisions will be so tight that leaks will not emerge.