""There is an urgent need for a new legal framework for lawful interception which can be used to confront serious crime and security threats," said Jim O'Callaghan, Ireland's minister for justice, home affairs, and migration. "The new legislation will also include robust legal safeguards to provide continued assurance that the use of such powers is necessary and proportionate," said O'Callaghan."
"The main driver for this new law is that Ireland's existing 1993 law governing the use of lawful interception tools predates most modern means of communications, such as messages and calls made with end-to-end encrypted apps. Communications encrypted in this way are generally speaking only accessible if authorities hack into a target's devices, both remotely using government-grade spyware, or locally using forensic technology like Cellebrite devices. The announcement specifically mentions that the new law will cover "all forms of communications, whether encrypted or not," and can be used to obtain both content of communications and related metadata."
Ireland intends to introduce the Communications (Interception and Lawful Access) Bill to regulate lawful interception and authorize surveillance technologies, including spyware from vendors such as Intellexa, NSO Group, and Paragon Solutions. The change responds to limitations in the 1993 law that predate modern end-to-end encrypted messaging and calling. The proposed law would cover all forms of communications, encrypted or not, and enable access to both content and related metadata. The government commits to including privacy, encryption, and digital-security safeguards and asserts that use of the powers will be necessary and proportionate.
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