Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 2 November 2021
Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth
General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed)
Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party)
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In the interests of transparency, Mr. Logue is representing me regarding a legal action I am taking so he is my solicitor in another context. However, this is separate to the issues we are discussing here today. I have the dubious benefit of being last so many of my questions have already been asked. I thank Mr. Logue and Mr. McGarr for their input. They both spoke about weak enforcement. Is there something we can do to help the Data Protection Commission? What should the Data Protection Commission do differently regarding the difficult role it has been placed in that involves mediating between the Government and the State, which control the information on one side, and the rights holders looking for that information on the other?