Ms Maeve-Anne Kenny:

In drafting the legislation, the Department was conscious that there are obviously a lot of operational matters for An Garda Síochána to consider in its deployment of body-worn cameras including the types of crimes for which they might be useful, as well as considerations such as people's right to privacy, where they might have an expectation of privacy and where that expectation might be higher. Therefore, it is proposed to provide An Garda Síochána with the power to deploy body-worn cameras subject to codes of practice. It has already been outlined that those codes of practice will need a data protection impact assessment and a human rights impact assessment as well as consultation with oversight bodies and the Data Protection Commission to help the Commissioner to inform those codes so that they can be appropriately operational for gardaí while also providing appropriate safeguards for citizens.