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

I move amendment No. 17:

In page 35, to delete line 23 and substitute the following:“(c) view a copy of a data-sharing agreement under which his or her personal data has been disclosed between public bodies, and”.

These are a series of technical amendments to section 44, which provides for the establishment of a personal data access portal to allow citizens to see what personal data public bodies hold about them and the purpose for which it is used. On Report Stage in the Seanad, I accepted an amendment tabled by Senator Higgins to section 44(2)(d), that the portal would allow data subjects to view any data-sharing agreements used as a basis for data being shared. As said in the Seanad, this is important and I accepted it because it provides the basis for the sharing. Amendment No. 17 is a slightly revised version of the text proposed by Senator Higgins. This amendment moves the text to section 44(2)(c), which is a more appropriate location for the provision.

Amendment No. 18 deletes Senator Higgins' original text since it will be superseded if the text I propose in amendment No. 17 is accepted.

Amendments Nos. 19 to 21, inclusive, are technical amendments to insert references to the new section 44(2)(c) so that public bodies have a basis to provide the data-sharing agreement to the portal and that the provision of the data-sharing agreement would only occur on the request of the data subject. I ask members to accept the amendments.