Tom Clonan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Just by way of explanation, all the subsequent amendments pertaining to all the sections from Senator McDowell and I all refer to the same principle of including extra institutions. I do not intend to speak to them as I spoke to the Minister about it earlier and last week. I take in good faith his assurance they will, with whatever discretion they have, seek to include those graduates.

On what Senator Higgins was saying, the migration of the Trinity and NUI panel votes would of course be very advantageous to us because it would preserve the constituencies that elected us. I take on board what the Minister has said about this being a brand new constituency, however. The inclusion of DCU, from which I have two degrees, and the Technological University of Dublin, where I taught for 20 years, both of which are on the north side, delights me.

Under the GDPR and the rules and regulations, if a person registers as an elector on the Trinity panel, is it permissible to migrate their personal data to a brand new constituency? I do not intend to address any of our other amendments.