In the case of samples taken for missing person investigations, the profiles are to be removed following notice in writing to the Commissioner.\u00a0 They are generally to be destroyed within three months.\u00a0 A profile taken if not previously destroyed or relating to a missing person is to be destroyed and the profile is to be removed within three months of the missing person having being located or identified.<\/p>\n
The Commissioner may apply to the District Court to retain a profile in the reference index beyond the periods above where there is good reason to do so.\u00a0 The application is made by a member of superintendent rank or higher.\u00a0 The application is made on notice but is to be heard in private.\u00a0 The person affected must have an opportunity to be heard.<\/p>\n
The Minister is to conduct the review of the operation of this part of the legislation within six years.\u00a0 The periods may be changed by a ministerial order having regard to the review.<\/p>\n\n
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Operation Forensic Science Ireland operates the DNA Database System in accordance with the legislation.\u00a0 It may make arrangements with laboratories to perform functions. A Database System Oversight Committee is established.\u00a0 It is to be independent in the performance of its functions.\u00a0 Its functions are to oversee the management and operation of the System for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1397"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1429,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397\/revisions\/1429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}