Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

To be clear, the idea of personal papers of some categories being exempt is covered in the section we are dealing with but section 42 Part V states that this Act shall not apply to the categories of records which are the records relating to the Members of the Oireachtas. I refer the Senator to section 42K which provides that a record relating to the private papers, within the meaning of the article of the Constitution of a Member of either House, is required by the rules of Standing Orders of either or both Houses to be treated as confidential. They are excluded in their entirety from all impacts of the Act.