Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2023-05-24
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Eamon Ryan (GP), Dublin Bay South

I will comment briefly. I am confident that the requirement and therefore the power of the Minister to issue regulations will allow us to provide the precautionary principle here and not allow the use of this technology. The proper drafting of legislation in this area requires further analysis and complex assessment, including what happens in Europe. We cannot just operate on signals from parliamentary committees. We must make sure that when we act, which we need to do, that the measure is robust, well defined and clearly set out. In the meantime, we will not be regulating for the use of facial recognition technology on any transport data-sharing devices. That gives us time and space to be able to do the proper legislative work.
Amendment put and declared carried.

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Sitting date: 2023-05-24