Ms Geraldine Moore:

We have provided for a system of oversight. We have a complaints procedure which would be administered by a Circuit Court judge and we have the oversight by a High Court Judge. I think the section is called a review of the operation of the Act but "review" in that sense is probably a weak term in that the High Court judge has extensive powers in regard to the Act. He can investigate any case. He has powers of investigation, powers to request information and powers to compel people to provide him with information. He can make recommendations, including revoking an authorisation, and he can communicate with the Minister, with the Data Protection Commissioner and the Taoiseach in this regard. The oversight provisions are quite strong. We have the layer of the authorisation by a District Court judge, a complaints procedure to a Circuit Court judge-----