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

Ms Elizabeth Farries:

I do on the grounds that it is not consistent with Tele2 as noted. According to Tele2, "Access can, as a general rule, be granted, in regard to the objective of fighting crime, only to the data of individuals suspected of planning, committing or having committed a serious crime". So the reference that the Deputy described under the general scheme of the Bill is that there has been space allowed for these additional parties to have their data accessed in a way that contravenes Tele2 and therefore European law.

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