Mr. Dan Kelleher:

There was one outstanding question about the Murray report from Deputy Costello. There are two answers to it. They may or may not be acceptable but I will give them to address the Deputy's point. As I mentioned earlier, the key issue we are attempting to address is the principle of applying Court of Justice of the EU case law and, most importantly, the requirement for independent verification by a court or independent body in respect of disclosure requests. It is accepted that this is not everything that needs to be done in this area and we do not present it as such. As we see it, this is an urgent Bill that seeks to put retention of data on a more secure legal footing. When the Minister announced her general approach on 31 May, she restated her intention to bring forward wider reforms in this area, particularly a repeal and consolidation of all of the legal framework in this area. That remains her intention. I have nothing else to add. I thank the Chairman and the committee.