Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 October 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion

Mr. Alex Hurley:

It is envisaged as facilitating non-CCTV technology. What we would fit in there would be, for example, drones, bodycams, etc. It would be a similar procedure to that we described earlier so that a code of conduct-code of practice would be what governs an ensures that the data processing within that space takes place in a manner that is compliant with GDPR and law enforcement directive provisions. It is a similar thing, not being duplicated under the Litter Pollution Act in this instance but to make sure that, for significant waste enforcement investigations, the local authority has access to this technology. That is what is envisaged under that section.