David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I oppose this amendment because there is a bit of peeping-tommery about it. There is plenty of information around already without going outside the official networks and into the personal databanks of people involved in political life.

This will stifle discussion. In light of the experience of the operation of the original Bill, we should be very careful about extending it all over the place. I cannot help thinking there is a certain amount of grandstanding for public approval for extending the Bill. We should be clamping down on it, looking to see where information is not necessary and where it simply services the prurient appetite of the media.