Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister's clarification on this issue and I take on board what he has said. Perhaps he will clarify what guidelines and procedures will be in place on a practical level with regard to the bureau. We have all seen instances of legislation which states bureaus or organisations should or should not do certain things, but when it comes into practice we find individuals in these organisations can seek more information than they are due. What intention does the Minister have on giving guidelines to the bureau on the type of information it can seek under the Bill? How will it be enforced by the Department? The points raised by the Irish Human Rights Commission are valid and therefore I ask the Minister to reconsider. Although this might be covered by other legislation or mentioned somewhere else in the Bill, to cover it here is no harm, to ensure absolute certainty. It would make very clear that it is the Minister's intention that information which is not specific should not be sought and that the ethos of the Data Protection Act is present in this legislation also.