Mary Seery Kearney (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Coming back to the relevant persons, in her opening statement Ms Gibney proposed the possibility that the relevant person in this instance may be deceased, and consequently it is reasonable that relatives become the relevant persons. This seems to set up a hierarchy of access whereby if the relevant person should get the information and in the event that the relevant person is deceased, then there should be a broadening of the category. When I read this it triggered in my mind the Succession Act whereby there is a list of individuals who would be entitled depending on the absence of the previous person in the list. I agree that the category should be widened but I can also see reasons for wanting to ensure there is a hierarchy of people who get access to information because they also have privacy and GDPR rights over that information once they secure it. Has the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission given any consideration to that?