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
Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source
This is really important. Mr. Justice Murray spoke of the mass surveillance of virtually the entire population of the State. I note that the ICCL lodged an FOI request to the Department of Justice and Equality and the Defence Forces on precisely the point Mr. Herrick made about intelligence sharing with other countries. This is huge and there is obviously a bigger picture. What response did the ICCL get to its FOI request? Is there anything we should know? Did the request seek documents on the extent to which information is shared outside the State? It would be an issue of enormous concern to citizens.
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