Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

No, it is doing that already. This is not something new. This agreement has been in place since 2005 but we are now building in a more robust mechanism to protect people's data. We have an agreement with Spain, Australia and the USA and the EU is negotiating agreements with different countries. This one, which we have to opt into by 26 November, is with Canada, but this is not about our relationship with Canada in isolation. It is about the EU's relationship with other countries.