Dara Murphy (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There is a difference between the legal provisions that would be put in place and instances such as those the Senator has referenced, where mistakes are made. There can and must be an acceptance that no matter what system or legal basis exists, an error can still be made and even the type of amendments he is proposing in both of these Bills would still not remove the possibility of an error occurring.

We have a new EU regulation that is under discussion at the moment. Given the degree to which our world is now shrinking and the ease with which data can be moved through clouds and other technological advances, the view of the Government is that it is within the international treaties and the mutual legal assistance treaties in this case that we must and will proceed.