James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

To ensure the commission is in compliance with the GDPR legislation. That is where it is coming from and why it is needed. I have set out clearly how this is actually quite limited in scope and in terms of processes where it will apply. The arguments being put forward do not meet what is set out in the legislation. Those concerns are simply not real.

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