Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 9:

In page 15, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following:"(3) The Commission is designated for the purposes of Chapter IV (Mutual assistance) of the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data done at Strasbourg on the 28th day of January 1981.

(4) The Minister may, following consultation with the Commission, make any regulations that he or she considers necessary or expedient for the purpose of enabling Chapter IV (as referred to in subsection (3)) to have full effect.".

Amendment No. 9 proposes to insert new subsections (3) and (4) in section 12 to ensure the existing obligation in section 15 of the 1988 Act, which provides for mutual assistance under the Council of Europe's data protection convention, to other non-EU parties to the convention will continue to be undertaken by the new data protection commission. The provision was overlooked during the initial drafting process. Amendment No. 248 amends the Long Title of the Bill to include reference to the convention.