Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 5 July 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
General Scheme of the Data Protection Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed)
9:00 am
Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
Both Mr. McIntyre and Mr. McGarr made a point about head 20 and the general public interest. I agree that it is not particularly well drafted, although it is drafted extremely broadly. There is a standard legislative mechanism that can be included whereby it says that any order under this provision must be placed before the Houses of the Oireachtas and can be voted down within a period of 21 days. Do the witnesses think that would be a suitable mechanism for dealing with their concerns?
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