Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 April 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection

General Scheme of Retention of Records Bill 2015: Discussion

1:10 pm

Photo of Joanna TuffyJoanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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The main point is that something has to be done or the records will be destroyed. That is a point that could be clarified.

An article in Timemagazine states a baby born today could live to be 140. I do not know whether that is true but life expectancy is increasing all the time. What protections would exist for somebody still alive?