Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Am I correct that, at present, if somebody wishes to make a complaint about their data being abused, he or she can go either to the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner or to court? It appears from what the Department says that the only way one can get compensation is by going to court. Are there difficulties in permitting a parallel process such as that? Does the witness think that people who have a complaint should, in the first instance, be forced to make a complaint to her office?