Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 26 September 2019

Public Accounts Committee

2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner

9:00 am

Mr. Richard Fallon:

No. The starting point here is that we have legislation that reflects the will of the Oireachtas on the regulation of data protection and it has established certain procedures for the carrying out of investigations and the issuing of reports. In that instance, that process has been commenced in regard to a particular Department and the public services card. Within that legislation, there are certain safeguards and options for parties who are subjected to such proceedings. They are now in play and part of the statutory process for dealing with these matters. We have established a statutory process to deal with such matters and that statutory process is now taking place.

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