Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 5 March 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Protection, Preservation of and Access to Data on Information Systems) Bill 2024: Discussion

Mr. Jimmy Martin:

We are trying follow EU law. The EU is quite specific in forbidding indiscriminate retention for criminal purposes only. If we did not do that, there is a good chance that the legislation we are reviewing here would be found to be invalid.