Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

That Bill is due to be debated in the Seanad this afternoon and the Minister of State is going to take it. This issue is the subject of a great deal of public debate at the moment. Our position has always been to follow the European rulebook. Going back to what I said earlier, when we are dealing with issues of technological regulation, the more we do it in line with European best practice, the more economic, secure and certain the process will be. On the advice of the National Cyber Security Centre, among others, and following public consultation, our intention is very much to adhere to European standards because it is at that scale that we can set standards that are robust and secure. Our legislation aims to place us in the centre of that European approach.