Changes being brought forward by the government will make more public bodies, including the Gardaí, will have to release data to the public.

However the changes will also increase fees for many requests for public data.

FOI has 'paid' for itself many times over. You can't have open government without freedom of info. http://t.co/SdNG0GzyzL #abolishFOIfees

— Transparency Ireland (@Transparency_ie) November 12, 2013

Nuala Haughey of Transparency International says fees should be abolished instead of increased: