Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 30 June 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

General Scheme of the Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion

Photo of Patrick CostelloPatrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I have lots of general questions but I will follow up on them with the witnesses afterwards. One of the concerns I have, in addition to those relating to some of the questions already asked, relates to legal frailty. If this legislation is ignoring the Corcoran decision, as well as CJEU and European Court of Human Rights, ECHR, jurisprudence, if the current form is not compliant and if we have not really complied with the mandatory consultation with the DPC in the context of the general data protection regulation, GDPR, are we simply setting ourselves up to be in the exact same place in a few years' time? Will this legislation be thrown out by the CJEU in the context of another high-profile case? Will convictions or investigations conducted on foot of this legislation be at risk?

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