Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 23 November 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Challenges Facing the Technology Sector: Discussion

Mr. Erik O'Donovan:

Ms Fitzpatrick has got most of it. She has nailed it. The DSA is about safety, whereas the general data protection regulation, GDPR, and the DPC are about privacy. There is an overlap. I do not see that one will take resources from the other. What we are trying to say is that there should be investment in all these elements such that they are adequately resourced to meet not only the needs of modern business but also the upholding of fundamental rights, including privacy, safety and so on.