Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

On No. 18, I recall when this was referred to committee only last week that there was an indication that full address of all that is entailed in the Schengen information system mark II would be accommodated. Yet it is coming back to us here and being pressed for approval without debate. That is certainly not in line with my understanding of the Government's intent. As I understood it, there was a cross-party interest in ensuring proper scrutiny of all that is involved, particularly given that data protection legislation that needs to be front loaded to facilitate a further consideration of all that is involved has yet to present. There is so much involved in all of this. We should not pass it without further scrutiny and debate.

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