Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As I said on Second Stage, I have no difficulty with having further discussions with my officials. However, what was attempted to be achieved in the Seanad, which we accepted in principle, is actually strengthened by amendment No. 3. In fact, it is stronger than the Seanad amendment. It removes any contradiction and explicitly refers to how the processing of special categories of data will take place. I am quite open to further consideration of the amendments on Report Stage. I believe, however, that amendment No. 3 strengthens the original Seanad Report Stage amendment with greater clarity and the removal of the potential contradiction in the wording.