Brexit: Statements
Dail Éireann — 2020-05-07
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Brendan Smith (FF), Cavan-Monaghan

That is okay. Under the general data protection regulation, the transfer of personal data will be prohibited once Britain becomes a third country. That includes personal health data. The North and the South are very interdependent and need key health tools, such as those applications, to speak to each other in the best interests of the citizens on all of this island. Let tracing applications do what they are supposed to do, namely, help members of the public to protect themselves.

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Sitting date: 2020-05-07