Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I apologise if I am delaying matters but we will not have the chance to clarify this in the same way on Report Stage. If somebody is to make a data subject access request on information and they seek information on who has made inquiries into them during a period of time when they were a child in an institution, is it the case that the provisions of this legislation would not in any way impinge on that person having access to that information so that decision is balanced and made separately? That is one example but it is an example where the Bill specifically states that the name shall not be shared, whereas under the GDPR people are entitled to seek that information and I am worried that the provisions in the Bill could lead to a blanket interpretation of article 15 of same. Is the Minister clear that some of these article 15 rights for people to request information about themselves, including information on who has made queries about them when they were children in institutions and the names of such, will be looked at under their article 15 rights and in no way will be referenced or curtailed by the provisions in this Bill? I see a tension there.