Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister said previously that he was not in position to detail who or which journalists' data had been accessed by bodies since 2011. He said previously that the legislation will clearly define what the circumstances are in which sources could potentially be accessed. With the threshold that has been laid out and by failing to specifically define what the circumstances are, by generalising it and not incorporating a particular field of people, the Department is neutralising the potential protection it is trying to achieve within the context of the Bill.