Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The submission to the committee that has been jointly made by the ICCL and Digital Rights Ireland recommends that consideration should be given to the role of parliamentary oversight as part of a wider review of surveillance packages generally in Ireland, including interception of communications, use of surveillance devices and use of covert human intelligence sources. I ask the witnesses to elaborate on this matter, which we have challenged on a number of occasions in the Dáil Chamber. We raised the system of governing the surveillance with a former Minister for Justice and Equality, but we did not get much joy. Will the witnesses elaborate on the recommendation they have made in this area?