Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 18 May 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion
10:00 am
Gerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
It only relates to the public sector. Is that correct? Is that the public sector in its broadest meaning or more narrow meaning? Does that include Irish Water, the ESB and other 100% State-owned entities? The ESB is obviously a commercial semi-State company. We are not sure exactly what Irish Water is at the moment, but it is probably neither one nor the other. Is it in or out of this? For example, one could understand the TV licence body wanting data. I think it is able to get it already from cable companies, Sky and so on to work out if a house has a television service subscription and whether there is a requirement to have a TV licence. Cross-matching there would make sense, but is it covered by this arrangement or is it purely public sector related?
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