Results 1-9 of 9 for freedom of information speaker:Pat Breen

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Insurance Industry Regulation (19 Dec 2018)

Pat Breen: ...me to take this Topical Issue debate for him because he has another previously organised engagement. As the Deputy has rightly pointed out, on 28 November the Central Bank announced it had been informed that Qudos Insurance A/S had entered into solvent liquidation. Qudos is authorised and regulated by the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority, FSA, and therefore the Central Bank has...

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (22 May 2018)

Pat Breen: This group of amendments deals with GDPR related data processing under Part 3 of the Bill. Amendment No. 36 amends section 41 of the Bill, which reconciles the right to data protection with freedom of information rights. It broadens the scope of section 41 by incorporating reference to the European Communities (Access to Information on the Environment) Regulations 2007. Amendments Nos. 35...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 May 2018)

Pat Breen: I move amendment No. 241:In page 126, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 15 of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 205. Section 15 of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 is amended—(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3):“(3) A record shall not be within subsection (2) by reason only of the fact that it...

Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2018)

Pat Breen: I thank all the Deputies who contributed to what was a very interesting and engaging debate on this Bill. As all of the speakers rightly pointed out, this is a very complex Bill that will affect us all. The Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan, and I welcome the broad range of views that have been expressed in both Houses of the Oireachtas. I assure all the Deputies who...

Insurance Industry: Motion [Private Members] (1 Mar 2017)

Pat Breen: ...this motion. The matters raised are very important and I would like to state that while the Government will be abstaining from the vote on the motion for reasons which I will explain, there are elements of the motion with which we can agree. There is no doubt that the insurance sector in Ireland has undergone a period of instability. The liquidation of insurers selling insurance into...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Inspections Data (16 Dec 2016)

Pat Breen: The Authority depends upon the annual exchequer allocation provided by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (DJEI) to fund the implementation of its programme of work. Within that context, and informed by its current three year Statement of Strategy 2016-2018, the Authority prioritises initiatives in those areas where there is greatest risk and the greatest potential to maximise...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Services (20 Jul 2016)

Pat Breen: The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) was established on 1st October 2015 under the Workplace Relations Act 2015, and has responsibility for information provision, workplace advice, mediation, conciliation, adjudication, inspection and enforcement in relation to employment rights, equality and equal status matters and industrial relations. The overall objective of the Workplace...

Paris Terrorist Attack: Statements (17 Nov 2015)

Pat Breen: Like other speakers I welcome the opportunity to comment and to express sympathy with the people of France following the atrocities on Friday night last. Most of us were watching the end of the “Nine O’Clock News” when news filtered through of shootings in Paris. The information came slowly but it kept coming. Most of us also remember last July when we heard the...

Accountability of Government Agencies and Companies: Motion (Resumed) (11 Nov 2009)

Pat Breen: I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak to this Private Members' motion. As the main shareholder of State and semi-State companies, the taxpayer demands and is entitled to value for money. This guiding principle should underpin the provision and delivery of all services throughout the public sector. Indications in recent weeks of an internal report which suggests that the taxpayer...