Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 March 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Motor Insurance and Uninsured Drivers: Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland

Mr. David Fitzgerald:

Exactly. We established the private motor database in 2019. Since mid-2020, we have had the full data from the insurance industry, including details of the vehicle, the insurer, the dates of the insurance, the driver and the date of birth. It is the type of information that the Garda needs for enforcement. However, we have been advised by the Data Protection Commissioner that we need a safe legal basis to be able to pass that, in line with General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR, regulations, and that is contained within this Bill. We have it ready to go. The Garda wants it. We are looking for that Bill to pass so that we have the safe legal basis to pass it across to the Garda and aid it in enforcement.

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