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Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: Maybe I am just too close to the Minister.

Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: We appreciate the Government's coming back with amendment No. 86 which is a version of a variety of amendments we tabled on Committee Stage and which we resubmitted in case the Government did not do so. We are happy to support it and will withdraw our amendments Nos. 87 and 90. These amendments deal with DPOs who work for competent authorities as this section is in Part 5, the criminal...

Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 59:In page 39, line 3, after "subjects," to insert "and subject to subsection (2),". We proposed a number of amendments to section 49 of the Bill on Committee Stage. We are returning with some of the same amendments on Report Stage and we have left others behind. We have taken on board some of the concerns listed by the Minister on Committee Stage. It is significant...

Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: These amendments attempt to reshuffle section 40 and involve the insertion of a new section 41. We are trying to deal with personal data and special categories of personal data separately. The two categories are currently lumped together in the Bill. Article 23 of the GDPR is the relevant provision in this regard. It does not make an explicit distinction between the processing of personal...

Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I will speak on amendment No. 25. Sections 38 and 39 are new additions to the Bill and refer to the processing of personal data and specific categories of personal data by political parties, elected representatives and candidates for political office. The Department and the various political parties in government or in opposition seem determined to accommodate what they see as the...

Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 22:In page 34, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following:"(6) Regulations made under subsection (4) shall—(a) respect the essence of the right to data protection, and (b) enable processing of personal data only in so far as is necessary and proportionate to the legitimate aim pursued.".

Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 18:In page 33, lines 18 to 23, to delete all words from and including "for—" in line 18 down to and including line 23 and substitute the following:"for the performance of a function of a controller conferred by or under an enactment or by the Constitution.". This amendment addresses section 37(1)(b) which seems to give far too much scope to third party data...

Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: We accept that most children will get around the age verification step easily. We should not set up a system which will encourage kids to lie. It will simply encourage them to hide their online activity from their parents and not seek help and support. It will undermine the ability of parents to engage with their children on their online activity to teach them critical thinking skills in...

Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: Unfortunately, all he did was on one side.

Other Questions: NAMA Operations (16 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: The Minister says it is a matter for the board of NAMA, but is it one for him, given that NAMA publicly rubbished the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Séamus McCarthy, when he published his report? If he had been Minister at the time, would he have challenged NAMA on its treatment of Mr. McCarthy?

Other Questions: NAMA Operations (16 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: It is funny if one cannot mention the name of the Comptroller and Auditor General here. Let us take all of the issues surrounding Project Eagle. We found out that some of Cerberus' money had ended up in an Isle of Man bank account. Does Minister think that in that case he is responsible for holding NAMA to account?

Other Questions: NAMA Operations (16 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: 10. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has discussed the Data Protection Commissioner's ruling on NAMA and a group (details supplied) with the NAMA CEO and chairman; the reason NAMA has not appealed the ruling; the steps NAMA is taking to ensure it is in full compliance with data protection law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21446/18]

Other Questions: NAMA Operations (16 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: This question relates to the ruling by the Data Protection Commissioner on NAMA and the O'Flynn Group. Could the Minister tell me whether he has discussed the ruling with the NAMA CEO and chairman? The last time we spoke about this, the Minister informed me the board of NAMA is currently considering the ruling of the commissioner and will respond to it. Could the Minister tell me whether...

Other Questions: NAMA Operations (16 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I am glad to hear co-operation is being considered. I asked the Minister whether he had read the report. It would have made interesting reading for the Minister for Finance. If he had read it, he would have noted that the disdain and - for want of a better word - ignorance showed by NAMA not just for the O'Flynn Group but also for the Data Protection Commissioner, in particular, was a bit...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Criminal Prosecutions (16 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: 7. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had discussions with the NAMA chairman or CEO regarding a court case involving a former NAMA official charged with leaking information that the DPP decided not to prosecute; if so, the details of the discussions; if no other instances of leaking have occurred within NAMA, his further views on whether the Data Protection Commissioner should...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Criminal Prosecutions (16 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: My question relates to the recent decision of the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP, not to prosecute former National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, official Mr. Paul Pugh for the leaking of confidential information. Can the Minister shed some light on the case? Has he spoken to the NAMA chairman or CEO about it? Is the Minister concerned that leaking is going unpunished?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Criminal Prosecutions (16 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: The Minister says that he cannot hold the DPP to account, but he should be able to so hold NAMA. The decision of the DPP raises a lot more questions than answers. We have to wonder what caused the body to feel that it could not prosecute. When did NAMA first find out that Mr. Pugh had been leaking information, and when did they report it to An Garda? These are answers the Minister should...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Criminal Prosecutions (16 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: -----did the CEO or chairman intervene in this case at the last minute?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Criminal Prosecutions (16 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: There were not allegations.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Criminal Prosecutions (16 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: They were not allegations. They are known facts.