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

Be it either detailed scrutiny or pre-legislative scrutiny, as the case might be, and whether it is Government or Private Member initiated legislation, the critical element for us in carrying out our functions is that we need to be fully informed. I listened fully to Ms Morgan's address and I thought it was interesting that I have been chairing this committee since 2016 and I have never seen any of the responses that were referenced. I am sure my colleagues would concur that this is also their experience. It is not that we want to look into their copybook. We want to be the best we can be in the service of the people who have entrusted their vote to us to perform here.

The point was made that the DPC has responded to scrutiny of 25 pieces of proposed legislation. Was any of them a Private Members' Bill?

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