Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 13 October 2004
172 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of requests for wire taps which were received from domestic and foreign law enforcement agencies; and the number that were granted in the past five calendar years for which figures are available. [24789/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe interception of telecommunications is governed by the provisions of the Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunications Messages (Regulation) Act 1993. It is not the practice and it would be contrary to the public interest to disclose details of authorisations to intercept, including the number of authorisations requested and/or granted, if any, in any period of time.
