Dáil debates
Thursday, 15 January 2015
Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions
Communications Surveillance
9:50 am
Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source
I have raised this issue twice on Leaders' Questions but got no answers. I heard back from the Taoiseach this morning but there were still no answers. What I want to know relates to the information leaked by Edward Snowden that communications cables between Ireland and the UK have been tapped. The Taoiseach said in the House that any tapping or interception of these communications would likely have occurred within the jurisdiction of the UK and would presumably be covered by EU law. There is no EU law to cover mass surveillance. Will the Minister answer the three questions I have asked on the issue?
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