Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Section 4 provides for amendments to the functions of QQI, including a specific statutory function for the sharing of information with other bodies such as a Department of State, the Office of the Revenue Commissioners and SOLAS. This amendment modifies this function to align it with legislation in the area of data protection such as GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. This function is further elaborated under section 5, which will also be amended to take account of relevant European and national legislation.