Ivana Bacik (Independent)

The Council decision contains specific additional safeguards for the exchange of such data. Will the Minister set them out? The issue of concern is that personal sensitive information, rather than just one's name and address, could be disclosed.

A useful briefing document was made available before the justice committee met. It would probably be useful if it was made available to Members. It set out clearly the history of the negotiations on the agreement between the European Union and the United States and addressed the concerns raised in the European Parliament, to which Senator David Norris referred. This decision will need to be kept under careful review to ensure there are no undue intrusions into people's privacy and a balance is struck between the need for security, on the one hand, and the right to privacy, on the other.