Questions to data chief on INM ruled out

A row broke out at a meeting of the Oireachtas Communications Committee after Fianna Fáil TD Timmy Dooley asked Helen Dixon whether stronger laws were needed to protect journalists' data

Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon. Pic: RollingNews.ie

The Data Protection Commissioner has refused to answer questions from TDs related toan alleged data breach at Independent News and Media.

A row broke out at a meeting of the Oireachtas Communications Committee after the Fianna Fáil TD, Timmy Dooley, asked Helen Dixon whether stronger laws were needed to protect the data of journalists.

He said he did not wish her to comment on matters before the courts, but said the right of ...