Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 4:

In page 12, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following:“(3) For the purposes of this Act and the Data Protection Regulation—

(a) where a designation by the relevant appropriate authority under subsection (1) is not in force, a civil servant in relation to whom that authority is the appropriate authority shall be deemed to be its employee and, where such a designation is in force, such a civil servant (other than the civil servant the subject of the designation) shall be deemed to be an employee of the last mentioned civil servant,

(b) where a designation under subsection (2) is not in force, a member of the Defence Forces shall be deemed to be an employee of the Minister for Defence and, where such a designation is in force, such a member (other than the officer the subject of the designation) shall be deemed to be an employee of that officer, and

(c) a member of the Garda Síochána (other than the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána) shall be deemed to be an employee of the Commissioner of the Garda Síochána.”