Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 December 2020
134. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of data access requests the CCPC has made to telecommunications and social media companies in the past three years to date in 2020 under the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011; the number of access requests that were approved and declined by the companies that the data was requested from; and the reason the data was sought. [43436/20]
View answerThe Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) is an independent body in statute with regard to its operational matters. However the CCPC have confirmed to my Department they have not made any data access requests to telecommunications or social media companies in the past three years to date in 2020 under the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011.
It should be noted that ComReg is the statutory body responsible for regulation of the electronic communications sector (telecommunications, radio communications, broadcasting transmission and premium rate services) and the postal sector.
