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Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Europol Bill 2012: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 23: In page 9, subsection (1), lines 31 and 32, to delete "Data Protection Commissioner" and substitute "head of the national unit". Amendments Nos. 23, 24, 25, 25a and 27 seek to streamline the manner in which individuals seek access to personal data processed by Europol. Under the existing provision, a request for access to personal data would be submitted to the Data...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Europol Bill 2012: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 24: In page 9, subsection (2), lines 33 and 34, to delete "Data Protection Commissioner" and substitute "head of the national unit".

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Europol Bill 2012: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 25: In page 9, lines 38 to 40, to delete subsection (3).

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Europol Bill 2012: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 25a: In page 9, subsection (4), lines 41 and 42, to delete "subsection (3)" and substitute "subsection (2)".

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Europol Bill 2012: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 27: In page 9, subsection (5), lines 46 and 47, to delete "designated competent authorities" and substitute "national unit".

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Europol Bill 2012: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 28: In page 10, subsection (7), line 12, to delete "authorities" and substitute "authority concerned".

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Europol Bill 2012: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 29: In page 10, subsection (8), to delete line 15 and substitute the following: "to a person by a legal or factual error in data processed by Europol,".

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Europol Bill 2012: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 30: In page 10, subsection (1), line 31, after "of" to insert the following: "any of the following persons in the performance of their functions as".These are minor drafting amendments. Section 15 applies the Official Secrets Act to the persons listed in subsection (1) of that section which includes the director of Europol, a member of the management board, etc. The...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Europol Bill 2012: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: There are conditions under which we can refuse.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Europol Bill 2012: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: Yes. We cannot just say we will not do this. There have to be very good operational reasons for not doing so.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Europol Bill 2012: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: Yes.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Europol Bill 2012: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: Amendments Nos. 8 and 13, as outlined by the Deputy, would add to the grounds for a refusal of assistance to Europol by including the jeopardising of the human rights of a person. Amendment No. 8 is to section 5 and seeks to add new grounds for a refusal to those already listed as reasons to refuse the provision of information for Europol, as set out in subsection (2) of the section. The...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Europol Bill 2012: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 9: In page 6, subsection (2)(a), line 17, to delete “or”.The two amendments are technical. Amendment No. 9 to section 6(2) removes the word "or" where it appears between paragraphs (a) and (b) of the subsection. As discussed on a previous amendment, this confirms that the Garda Commissioner is not limited to only sending Garda or Revenue officers to...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Europol Bill 2012: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 10: In page 6, subsection (2)(b), line 21, to delete “(if any)”.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Europol Bill 2012: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: Again, the Deputy will not be surprised that I cannot accept the amendment. Its effect would be to remove the need for the head of the national unit to be satisfied that information provided would not be further disseminated without the prior consent of the unit. In theory, the amendment could result in a scenario where although the head of the national unit may receive a guarantee with...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Europol Bill 2012: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I am refusing to accept the amendment as it is not necessary. Section 10, which it seeks to amend, clearly provides for the deletion of data under subsections (1)(a) and (b). This is simply a drafting matter.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Europol Bill 2012: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following:" "data" has the same meaning as it has in the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003;".These amendments have been introduced to bring clarity to the meaning of "data" and "personal data" within the Bill. The Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 automatically apply to any processing of data within the State,...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Europol Bill 2012: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 2: In page 4, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following:" "personal data" has the same meaning as it has in the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003;".

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Europol Bill 2012: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 3: In page 4, line 14, after " "processing" " to insert ", in relation to data,".

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Europol Bill 2012: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2012)

Kathleen Lynch: I move amendment No. 4: In page 4, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following subsection:"(2) A word or expression used in this Act and in the Council Decision has the same meaning in this Act as in that Decision.".This amendment proposes the inclusion of a new section 1(2) in the Bill to provide that any "word or expression" used in the Bill and the Council decision which is set out in...