Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion
10:55 am
Mr. Séamus Dooley:
It is a data protection issue. The Minister for Justice and Equality has frequently flown kites about introducing privacy legislation but he has referred only to media privacy. The issue to which the Chairman and Deputy Fleming are referring is definitely an area that needs to be addressed. The debate on privacy, which is outside the remit of this committee, has had a very narrow focus to date. We would certainly agree that the issue identified is of great concern.