Ms Clare McNamara:

The plan is to try to get access to as much of the actual content of the communications as possible. The Deputy is absolutely right when she suggests that cartels require communication but as communication technology has improved over time, cartels have become much more sophisticated in taking advantage of technological developments. The CCPC has the power to obtain communications from metadata which will show it that individuals have been communicating but it does not provide the content of the communications. We are trying to overcome that with this provision.