John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The point I am making is that the data, the information, is already collected. As Mr. Lowry says, there is already extensive information within Departments or agencies about individuals. There is also misinformation, or incorrect information, created within organisations and agencies about individuals. I do not know who has information about me and I can name the individuals who are concerned about Tusla and say they did not know the information existed - the wrong information, the misinformation - they did not know it. That information was shared. If one is sharing information, who is the person inside the Civil Service who will decide that does not seem to be correct information? One could be sharing information that might look relevant, because it tells a particular story, but could be totally irrelevant because it is untrue and the person out there does not know. It is down to human beings in there, using these systems, some being nosy or inquisitive, and wanting to know about their neighbour and some deliberately creating files that can damage individuals, but what if they do not know that they are there? That is the case.