Ossian Smyth (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The Data Protection Commissioner is independent in the performance of her functions and has statutory requirements to carry them out. The Ombudsman or I cannot effect her timelines directly in that way. It is a matter for the Data Protection Commissioner who I encourage the committee to bring in to ask directly about her timelines. However, I can see the Deputy's point. What if somebody immediately goes to appeal and says he or she is not getting what he or she wants? If that works, we have a problem.