As long as you remain silent on this issue and don't raise it with your local TD or Senator, nothing is going to change. This is about much more than political pensions ... this is just the latest phase in an unraveling of our Freedom of Information Act:
There are people within government who believe access to information about how our state operates has gone too far. Bit by bit, they are chipping away at it. Information that was once freely available is now refused. GDPR is often used as a smokescreen ...
... Separately, there are battles being waged on commercial sensitivity. Exemptions are being much more freely used than in the past. Patently absurd decisions are becoming more and more regular. Delays in answering requests by some public bodies are systematic and there are ...
... no repercussions. The Minister who had responsibility for FOI has zero interest. Nothing exemplifies this better than these two cases: one from June 2018, the other from Sept 2019. They're supposed to be dealt with within about a month ... 
... Freedom of Information is not just for journalists, it is for every citizen of Ireland. If reporters with decades of experience of making requests are finding it more and more difficult to access information, imagine how difficult it will be for you. We need a campaign ...
... driven by the public for a full review of the FOI Act & how Office of the Information Commissioner operates. We need public bodies made truly accountable for their failures on transparency. We cannot allow a return towards a secretive state. Corruption flourishes in darkness.
