Seanad debates

Thursday, 3 April 2003

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

 

There are two matters about which consultation is needed, the first being the enforcement of direct access provisions. We must wait to put a proper vetting system in place. The second matter concerns which organisations will be exempt from registration. We need consultation on that. If we said that we would implement everything on one date, other things that we could implement on 1 July would have to wait until those consultation processes had been concluded. I would prefer us to get on, in so far as we can, by 1 July, and I assure the House that no avoidable delay will be entertained regarding the implementation of the rest of the legislation.

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