Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We will ask Ms Ní Mhuircheartaigh to give a detailed response to that question. The committee will also write to the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. From the joint policing committee meeting I attended the issue is very simple. As Ms Ní Mhuircheartaigh has said, the local authorities are the data controllers. Many local authorities believe it is not the job of their officials to go to court. They say it is a matter for the Garda.

While the legislation is clear, somewhere along the line it has been a case of pass the parcel to the local authorities.