Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There is a series of responses that are needed to ensure we will have legislation which is fit for purpose and an Office of the Data Protection Commissioner which is well resourced and on top of what it needs to be on top of. We need to look across Departments at what can or should be done to ensure consumers will not be exposed to fake news and that their data will not be abused for that purpose by way of the data mining we saw in the Facebook case which was exposed in the United Kingdom in recent days. There is a comprehensive discussion taking place in government on this issue and we are backing it up with significant increases in resources. I look forward to the data protection legislation being brought before the House when we will have an opportunity to tease through some of the questions the Deputy has raised.

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