Paul Nicholas Gogarty
Ceist:125 Mr. Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the nature of the trend over time and the number of wire-taps he has authorised since he assumed office. [27266/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraWednesday, 3 November 2004
Ceisteanna (73)
Freagraí scríofa
The 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 either the number of authorisations granted in any period of time or trends over time.