Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 November 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed)
9:00 am
Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
I thank the witnesses for coming in for their presentation. I want to begin by asking Ms Farries about the ICCL's fourth recommendation, it is titled "limited third party access". She said that she would like the Tele2 decision upheld, in particular that the person whose information is demanded must be in some way implicated in the crime before access to their data can be granted. Head 8 was referenced. If one looks at heads 8, 5 or 6, the language used is similar. It permits a member of An Garda Síochána in particular to seek access of data relating to a person who is suspected of a crime but also of a person who is not involved or implicated in the crime, but who may have data that would be likely to assist it. Does the ICCL object to that happening?
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