Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Amendment No. 5 seeks to ensure that, where a relevant person had visitors or inquiries made in relation to them, this information will be available to be released, including the name of the person and, where available, their relationship to the relevant person. This amendment comes on the back of intense engagement with the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel on this issue. It shows that I and my officials are willing to engage and make improvements to the legislation where it is necessary and legislatively possible. I am happy that this amendment will underpin the primary aim of this Bill to provide the release of as much information as possible to relevant persons. I acknowledge that Senator Higgins raised this issue and brought amendments to similar effect. I believe my amendment covers all the Senator's amendments, Nos. 6 to 8, inclusive. As such, I hope she is reassured that I have listened and engaged with her amendments and that this matter has now been comprehensively addressed.