Seanad debates

Thursday, 3 April 2003

Data Protection (Amendment) Bill 2002 [ Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil ] : Report and Final Stages.

 

In relation to amendment No. 23, the Minister of State has stated that "prescribe" in this context means prescribe in regulations made by the commissioner with the consent of the Minister. If there is a difference between what the commissioner wants to prescribe and what the Minister wants to consent to, how will the Members of the Oireachtas know? I presume the commissioner makes a regular report, but from a parliamentary scrutiny perspective, do we have an automatic right to know where there is disagreement between the commissioner and the Minister? There may well be such disagreement. The Minister of State might comment.

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