Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I suppose it is unfortunate that we are considering this legislation now given the run-in to the European elections. I imagine we will see it a good deal sooner than expected as soon as that is out of the way. We should bear in mind the revolution that has taken place. I remember one election where I had a mobile telephone and I almost had to hire someone to carry it around. Nowadays, we have apps which look after our health and our banking and which control the heating and surveillance of homes and so on.