Ms Helen Dixon:

We have done no such comparison. I mentioned earlier that in budget and employee number terms we are eighth, based on statistics from the European Data Protection Board. It would be almost impossible to make a direct comparison as to how we compare. As a data protection authority in the EU, we are almost unique in terms of the volume of litigation in which we are involved. That is because the Data Protection Acts in Ireland have always provided a clear right of statutory appeal to any party affected by our decisions. In other EU member states, that has not been the case.