Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (Dublin Bay North, Labour) | Oireachtas source

5 o’clock

I move amendment No. 3:

In page 31, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following:

“(4) Nothing in or under this Act, including a designation under this section, of itself operates to constitute a service provider to be a public body within the meaning of the Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019.”.

This is a similar amendment around data protection. I presume the Minister will give us a similar answer. It relates to data protection and seeks to insert the following line: "Nothing in or under this Act, including a designation under this section, of itself operates to constitute a service provider to be a public body within the meaning of the Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019." There is concern about it that is understandable given the sensitivity of the nature of the agency that the Minister is establishing, which we support. The assurances she is giving give comfort to me and, I am sure, to Deputy Daly. Perhaps she can expand on them. I do not necessarily intend to press the amendment. If the Minister can give more assurances on the record of the House as to the intention that she has around data protection, it would give some comfort to those who have questions in this regard.

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