Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As regards the Senator's question, I am assured by my officials that will not, and could not, happen. There is no doubt about that. While it might be slightly ambiguous to say so, before I was a Minister I did try to get information from the RPII under the Freedom of Information Act. There was information I could not get but it was within the Act. In other words, it was information that I could not have obtained given the legislation in place.

Security and safety issues are of primary concern. There is no doubt about having total clarity and knowledge about any information that can legally be put into the public domain.