Mr. Dale Sunderland:

I thank the Deputy for his question. We will immediately commence our review of the DPIA. I hope that process will be concluded within a few weeks. It is not the intention to delay that process. We want to conclude it as quickly as possible. The Department is obliged to consult us under the GDPR and we will communicate our views to it. We will have a fuller picture at that stage and I hope that the answers to many of the issues and questions we raised in our initial observations will be very clear and the Department will have set out the issues very clearly. That is my hope. I have not read it yet.

As I said, we are happy to come before the committee again. The view of the Department on whether it is going to accept the DPC's views is critical. If it is, we need to know how that will be addressed. As I said, if there is invitation forthcoming to the DPC we will of course be happy to facilitate that.