John Halligan (Waterford, Independent)
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I wish to very briefly address the important points Deputy O'Dea made. The data-sharing agreement has been put in place with the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. It includes an encryption process. The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner has been informed of this and has carried out an impact assessment. I must emphasise that all Register of Beneficial Ownership, RBO, staff are trained on the general data protection regulation, GDPR. Further information is available in the privacy statement.

On the primary legislation, we are trying to get this through as quickly as we can because we are under serious pressure from the EU. I know we allocated half an hour to this. The Commission itself has criticised us for not getting this through. We will bring primary legislation to the Dáil and the Seanad. All Members will be allowed to debate it in its entirety and move amendments if they wish. I, or probably some other Minister, will have detailed information on all aspects of this legislation.