Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Monday, 1 March 2021
Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union
Impact of Brexit on Data Protection and Data Flows between the UK and the EU: Discussion
Mr. John O'Dwyer:
My understanding is it will run to the end of June. I do not think there is any danger about the extension. One side would have to object and it is very unlikely that either will do so. Something would have to go terribly wrong between now and the end of April for it not to be extended. It would take something like the UK Government indicating that it will dispense with the legislation, or something like that. I do not see that happening. I think the extension will continue until the end of June. The timescale the Commission has laid out sets out an expectation of the end of June rather than the end of April, as far as I know.
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