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

Photo of Jim O'CallaghanJim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Justice Murray states that access to a journalist's retained communications data for any purpose, including for the purpose of identifying his or her source, should in principle be permitted only when the journalist is the object of investigation for suspected commission of a serious criminal offence. That is a situation where the journalist is the suspect, which relates to the point I made earlier regarding unlawful activity which poses a serious threat to the security of the State. Does Mr. Dooley agree with Mr. Justice Murray's finding?

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