Gerry Horkan (Fianna Fail)
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At the same time the Data Protection Commissioner says CCTV footage can only be retained for a month. Is there any way we can resolve that quickly? I have no problem with people who have genuine claims. No one has a problem with genuine claims being pursued. However, it is two years later. In the hospitality industry, including restaurants and licensed premises, and even in supermarkets there are a lot of casual staff and there is much turnover of staff. There are people on summer jobs, people coming into the country and working for a year or 18 months and people moving from one job to another. If somebody asks what happened on a night two years ago, who will remember? If the company is lucky enough to have the same staff, it might be possible. What can we do about this? Obviously, some of these claims are being paid. It is very hard to fight a case two years after it has happened.