Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 3 April 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation: Data Protection Commission

Photo of Caoimhghín Ó CaoláinCaoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank Ms Morgan for that. There was a reference to policing to which Mr. Ryan responded. As a committee, we have given dedicated address in the course of this year's series of hearings to the whole post-Brexit situation. Does the commission anticipate any impact on its role with the advent of Brexit, whether by crash-out or agreement? From a justice perspective, we have had representatives here from An Garda Síochána and the PSNI. Are there implications for cross-Border policing and co-operation and the sharing of information on individuals in the event of the worst-case scenario presenting? Data protection and data sharing are a critical part of the co-operation between the two police forces on this island and have wider implications. A committee colleague and I represent our parliamentary institution on the EU oversight committee relating to Europol. It is not something I expect that our guests will be able to comment on immediately but it is an important matter. I am looking at it from the domestic point of view - that of the island of Ireland. Is it something the commission has considered? What our guests tell us?

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