David Cullinane (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 1:

In page 7, to delete lines 19 to 21 and substitute the following:"(2) A person who breaches the Act of 1988 in relation to postcodes shall be liable in damages in tort.".

As these are simple amendments, I do not propose to delay the Minister. The purpose of the section is to strip data subjects of their data protection rights with regard to the postcode and remove their ability to take action to vindicate these rights. This runs against the spirit of the Bill, which is supposed to protect citizens. For this reason, the amendment proposes to allow a person to sue in the event that his or her personal postcode data are abused.