Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour)
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I thank the Minister for his engagement with us, which has been constructive. On his point about the balancing of rights, he said this Bill would seek to flip the rights to ensure the identity and information are given priority over privacy rights and, therefore, it would use a different approach to the previous Bill. Unfortunately, there have been so many iterations of draft legislation on this that each one simply nudges the balance a little further towards information and identity and away from privacy. The difficulty for many of those who have made submissions to us, and for me, is that while a compulsory information session is retained, even for some of the applicants, that is still paternalistic in its approach and places a condition on the access. I entirely disagree with making it compulsory for all. The difficulty lies with the compulsory nature of it. It is my view, and I think the view of many, that the requisite-----