Mary Henry (Independent)

One can build up a profile of a family and a great deal of information can be gained about people who have had no involvement in the crime committed. This issue is already a problem in the case of insurance companies. Therefore, information is not only exposed about people detained in Garda stations but about their families. One can pick up a great deal of information about a family from the DNA of one of its members. A reason for destroying such material is that while it constitutes information on one person's identity, such information is similar to that of many members of that person's family. We must also recognise that aspect.