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- A Garda chief superintendent can request information from a phone or internet service provider if he or she is investigating a "serious offence".
- A senior army officer can request information from a phone or internet service provider if it involves "the safeguarding of the security of the State".
- A senior official with the Revenue can request information from a phone or internet service provider in connection with a Revenue investigation.
- All requests to such companies must be made in writing, and can only be made orally in exceptional circumstances where a written request can subsequently be submitted two days later.
