Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

In this regard, is the threat from terrorist groups more extensive than we are being told or is there another explanation for the frequency of resort to examining telephone records by the Garda Síochána, given the revelation some time ago that in 2006 alone there were 10,000 such requests by the Garda? This seems to be an extraordinary high number of such examinations by the Garda. Does the Taoiseach agree with the assistant Data Protection Commissioner who concluded that perfectly innocent people are having their private records pored over or can he give a logical explanation as to why there should be this frequency of resort to examining the private telephone records of citizens?

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