Mary Henry (Independent)

I was surprised when I heard it reported on RTE news that the Taoiseach said the Bill would not affect individuals. This is the area where it will have most effect. The words "relate to" are totally different from "contain". They are much broader and changing them represents a huge diminution of the amount of information people can obtain about themselves. This is terribly important where people need to make corrections to records. False impressions may have been given, but, because something did not directly contain personal information, a person would be refused access to the information.