I have testimony to the Oireachtas about a year ago where I said that there was no legal concept of "sealing" records under Irish law.

https://www.kildarestreet.com/committees/?id=2019-11-26a.422&s=speaker%3A411">https://www.kildarestreet.com/committee...

Here I say sealing breaches GDPR and we already have pretty good laws that balance access rights against other interests. I think I also said sealing would be unconstitutional because High Court would have jurisdiction over access

Here I said the legislation should expressly respect the right if access to personal data

Here I am saying attempted sealing will lead to a raft of pointless litigation with only one set of losers - the survivors

I know it& #39;s controversial, but I float the proposition that the legislature shouldn& #39;t pass laws that are obviously contrary to EU law