Niall Ó Donnghaile (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Leader is on his way to come to the rescue. I know that we are not allowed to filibuster, but I will try to ensure the Leader makes it here on time.

Amendment No. 85 would provide that "[t]he Commission may decide to impose an administrative fine on a controller or processor that is a public authority or body". It would allow public bodies to be fined for breaches of data protection legislation, which is not allowed for by the Bill in its current form. Appreciating that the Minister may come at this issue by suggesting it is effectively a zero-sum game, what we would like to do is ensure there would be repercussions and examples set for organisations and bodies which might be in breach of data protection legislation. I am keen to hear the Minister's views on the amendment.