Data commissioner believes dispute will be ‘amicably resolved’

The data protection commissioner believes the dispute between the Garda chief and the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee will be resolved without any need for the data commissioner to enforce the powers of his office.

He also said it would be legally challenging if the Garda whistleblower at the centre of the controversy sought immunity under the Data Protection Act.

A spokeswoman for the commissioner yesterday told the Irish Examiner: “We expect that this matter, between two organs of the State, will be amicably resolved without recourse to the use of enforcement powers of this office.”