Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

It is a useful and important discussion. One could look at it the other way. One could say that by being specific in primary legislation, which may only be amended by going through this House and the Dáil, we could end up with a situation where other devices are gathering data that are completely unregulated and outside any control system. That would be a big risk and as Senator Higgins says, the technology is evolving so fast.