Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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I acknowledge the work that was done by the committee members during the pre-legislative scrutiny stage. Data and GDPR were raised by the committee and I want to be very clear that we strengthened the Bill as a consequence of that. Freedom of information and GDPR do apply. The records will still be in existence. I want to be clear about this. As I outlined in my speech, there is no testimony from survivors involved in any of the material or no life experiences shared by them. What we have is the day-to-day running of the Caranua scheme, which deals with invoices and applications for financial support. It is a different type of material that is available. Nonetheless, it still comes in under GDPR and freedom of information. I want to be clear that it is not any sensitive or personal data or testimony that is held.