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Wed 04 Apr 2003Minister praised for dropping proposal
DAIL COMMITTEE/Finance: In a surprise move last night, the Minister for Finance dropped one of the most controversial proposed changes to the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act dealing with access to personal information.
Mr McCreevy told the Finance Committee that it was nobody's intention to restrict access to personal records, but the section dealing with such information, if left as it was, "is open to mass misinterpretation and mass unclarity" because of a High Court judgment two years ago.
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