Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Data Protection Commissioner and the relevant Acts deal with a different set of scenarios. They deal with data, of which financial data are obviously a part. These data were dealt with in the legislation at a time when this register was not being conceived. I agree with the Minister of State that the Data Protection Commissioner is the best independent person to adjudicate on these issues. However, the Minister of State should consider that it should be possible to examine issues beyond the figure of €3 million in the original legislation or allow the bank to have an independent adjudication process for those who not captured by the data protection legislation.