Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 8 November 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2017: Discussion
9:00 am
Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source
I thank the witnesses for attending. I admit to still having plenty to learn about all of this. I have not read the full Bill, only bits and pieces.
The European Court of Justice, ECJ, rejected the EU data retention directive in April 2014. Its decision was based on a case brought by Digital Rights Ireland, which specifically questioned the constitutionality of Ireland's data retention law that implemented the directive in question. Is there an admission from the Department of its failing in this regard, given that judgment?
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