Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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I would be shocked if we let that through the House without addressing it.

No. 2486 B is from Mr. Graham Doyle, head of communications, Data Protection Commission. It relates to various issues we raised at the committee. We will note and publish the cost of the investigation by the Data Protection Commission in regard to the public services card. We will be talking to the mother Department for the card, the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, during the course of the day. We will be raising these issues at the meeting. We sought a breakdown of details on complaints, the role at EU level and the amount of time spent investigating public bodies. We also sought the legal costs awarded against the Data Protection Commission. The names of the cases are given. I do not believe that the letter we were given gave the names of the people who were paid the fees, however. We also sought information on outstanding reports being completed under the 2018 legislation. I suppose that when the legislation changed, the infrastructure for producing these reports was different. We will note and publish the information.