Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 5 March 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Protection, Preservation of and Access to Data on Information Systems) Bill 2024: Discussion

Mr. Jimmy Martin:

It is to ensure that we are not overlapping. The courts allowed data to be retained for national security reasons. To ensure that, for example, the Garda does not access data that would not be there if it was not it being retained for national security reasons, we have specifically excluded. The security side of the Garda would be able to access data related to national security that is ordered to be retained but it will not be able to access it for the purpose of a criminal investigation and a criminal prosecution.

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