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

Thomas Byrne: On the digital age of consent, I do not think the full picture has been given in terms of the public consultation. There was a consultation in 2016, and while a number of organisations submitted for a digital age of consent of 13, they were not the majority of submissions. There were other submissions arguing for 16, as has been mentioned, by Professors Aiken and O'Sullivan along with...

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

Thomas Byrne: There has been secrecy. I would ask the Minister to set out who has urged that we retain the age at 16 and is not listed on the public consultation. That was a little bit of a disservice to the debate. Deputy O'Callaghan, as our spokesperson, will be considering our position on the profiling amendments. There is no doubt that we can properly choose to protect children by having the...

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

Thomas Byrne: I am delighted to speak on the amendment relating to the digital age of consent. There is no doubt that this has resulted in quite a fiery debate online, in the media and among politicians in recent weeks. That is welcome because when policy is informed by experts on both sides of a debate, it makes for better policy. Listening to the arguments put forward on both sides gets better...

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

Thomas Byrne: Professor Barry O'Sullivan is responsible for €140 million-----

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

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

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

Thomas Byrne: I have acknowledged that there are people in this debate who favour having 13 as the digital age of consent and I have listened to them respectfully. In the GDPR the default age is 16. There is no argument about raising the digital age of consent, but the proposal from the Government, supported by Independents 4 Change and some other Deputies, is that we would reduce the age to 13. The...

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

Thomas Byrne: Tá mé ag iarraidh caint. Ní raibh mise ag cur isteach ar na Teachtaí nuair a bhí siadsan ag caint. We are not talking here about the child's right to participate. We are talking about the tech company's right to participate in what the child is doing online. That is the key difference here. This debate has been well rehearsed at this point and it is now being...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (16 May 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 139. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding blood tests in Drogheda and Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital; if they have been outsourced; if this will lead to delays in obtaining results; if results will all be paper based; and his views on whether this will lead to a diminution in patient safety [21570/18]

Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (15 May 2018)

Thomas Byrne: My constituents will be absolutely delighted with the environmental benefits to the River Boyne, as will I. I will be delighted with the improvement to the energy efficiency of the plans at Staleen in Donore, County Meath. Of course, we will be absolutely delighted to have the Staleen water treatment plant removed from the EPA's remedial action list and have a safe supply of drinking water...

Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (15 May 2018)

Thomas Byrne: On a point of order, and for the information of the Minister of State, I have submitted queries to Irish Water and in those particular cases it took almost two months for it to come back to me. This is why I am raising it on the floor of the Dáil. The replies were very vague. It is important that we are still able to raise issues on the floor of the Dáil. I know the Ceann...

Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (15 May 2018)

Thomas Byrne: Go raibh maith agat, a Chinn Comhairle. Tá mé buíoch duit as ucht an deis seo an t-ábhar tábhachtach seo a ardú. I am very glad for a further opportunity to raise this issue. The population of Ratoath, including the wider area which is quite large as compared with 20 years ago when it was a small village, is approximately 12,500 and the issues I am raising...

Order of Business (15 May 2018)

Thomas Byrne: Is the Taoiseach aware that general practitioners in the Louth and Meath region are concerned today? This is in connection with the programme for Government commitment to an improved health service. GPs are concerned that blood tests for the region are being outsourced from the public sector to the private sector. They expect results to come back in a paper-based format. GPs are telling...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (15 May 2018)

Thomas Byrne: My question is not just for Ms Cooney.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (15 May 2018)

Thomas Byrne: I apologise for having to leave earlier. I will have to leave again shortly to go to the Dáil. I disagree with very little that has been said. I agree with practically all of it. I set out the only issue I have in a parliamentary question that I tabled in the Dáil last week. As two or three speakers have said, it has been recommended that outside bodies should come in to give...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (15 May 2018)

Thomas Byrne: It is being that people are going into schools to say things which are wrong.

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2018)

Thomas Byrne: Answer the question. Did the Taoiseach meet them?

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2018)

Thomas Byrne: Answer the question.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (15 May 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a child (details supplied) who has missed their education for most of the past year due to section 29 processes can receive an additional year of education. [21370/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (15 May 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding discussions between his Department and Meath County Council for the provision of lands for a public park in Ashbourne. [21388/18]