Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I beg to differ. I do not believe this is an appropriate time or place for me to go into this on the basis that I am to be before the Dáil tomorrow and the joint committee in the coming weeks. The findings do not relate to the data set in any shape or form. They do not even refer to it. They relate to the database of supporting documentation. The only discrepancy in the finding is the nature of the indefinite retention. It has nothing to do with how the data are stored or their security; it has to do with the phrase "indefinite retention". We obviously reject the findings as presented to us on 15 August. They are not in any legally enforceable or challengeable form today but if they ever are, we will use the legal advice we have been given, which we know to be very strong and robust, to defend the policy of successive Governments in delivering efficient services across any Government platform.