Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 27 September 2023
Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media
Engagement with Coimisiún na Meán on the 2023 Work Programme
Mr. Jeremy Godfrey:
I will answer this question and I will ask Dr. Evans to say a little bit more about the supervision capability we are building. The Data Protection Commission and Coimisiún na Meán have distinct roles in enforcing different legal obligations but there is some overlap. Some of the same facts might cause concerns under data protection legislation as well as under our legislation. At present we have informal contact with the Data Protection Commission. We also have a digital regulators group where we speak about how we might co-operate better. As we start to operationalise we will speak to the Data Protection Commission in particular and to the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission about how we might put in place co-operation arrangements on particular cases.
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