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 Thomas PringleThomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I think that it would be urgent that there would be a sunset clause on this given that the legislation is being dressed up as a temporary measure while we were waiting for the fuller legislation to come on board. It would be interesting to see how temporary it will be.

Is there a risk that this Bill could be an attempt to determine another case already before the courts which saw the Sinn Féin Funds Act 1947 struck down as unconstitutional. That is Digital Rights Ireland v. The Minister for Communications and others. What impact is this legislation intended to have on that case?

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