Irish Council for Civil Liberties calls for safeguards in mandatory location forms

The Irish Council for Civil Liberties said there were concerns around issues like data protection.

Mr Herrick said there was particular concern about criminal sanctions and it was felt that this was an inappropriate area for the Gardaí to be involved.

The Director of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, Liam Herrick has called for safeguards to be put in place for the introduction of the mandatory passenger locator form.

While it was reasonable to introduce regulations of this type, he said, there were concerns around issues like data protection.