The Minister for Finance, Mr McCreevy, said yesterday that while the proposed amendments to the Freedom of Information Act might be very contentious for people in the media "it is not such a contentious Bill for people in the Government".
Speaking in Cheltenham, he told RTÉ's Prime Time that the Government decided to take a certain position on the matter and, in a democracy, it was the elected representatives of the people who took these decisions.
"That's our Bill, that's our position and that's democracy".
