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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 9:In page 15, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following:"(3) The Commission is designated for the purposes of Chapter IV (Mutual assistance) of the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data done at Strasbourg on the 28th day of January 1981. (4) The Minister may, following consultation with the Commission, make...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: There are eight amendments in the group, one of which is gone. Section 15 deals with the membership of the proposed data protection commission. My amendments Nos. 16, 17 and 18 merely insert a new paragraph on the matter of the retirement age of a commissioner under subsection (9). As regards the appointment of commissioners, section 15 allocates the task of making a recommendation for...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Has amendment No. 15 been withdrawn?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: On Deputy Ó Laoghaire's point, looking at amendment No. 15 where Deputy Daly has stated, "A person shall not be recommended for appointment by the Government under this section unless the person is, in the opinion of the Service and the Government agrees, suitably qualified", I am not so sure about the agreement of the Government. On balance, I think it is best left as is. I am not...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: What I will do to be helpful is take away what is proposed and look at it against the background of section 15, then see if I can come back on Report Stage with something that the committee would be comfortable with.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Vótáil.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 16:In page 16, line 34, to delete “and”, where it secondly occurs.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 17:In page 16, line 36, to delete “business.” and substitute “business, and”.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 18:In page 16, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following:“(d) cease to be a Commissioner on reaching the age of 70 years, but where the person is a new entrant (within the meaning of section 2 of the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004) the requirement to cease to be a Commissioner on grounds of age shall not apply.”.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 19:In page 18, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following:“Acting Commissioner 18. (1) Where one Commissioner only stands appointed for the time being under section 15, the Minister may authorise a member of staff of the Commission to perform the functions of a Commissioner during any period when that Commissioner is absent from duty or absent from the State...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 20:In page 19, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following:“Assignment and transfer of staff to Commission 20. (1) Every civil servant who, immediately before the establishment day, stands assigned to act as a member of staff of the Data Protection Commissioner shall, on the establishment day, stand assigned to act as a member of staff of the Commission.(2)...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 21:In page 20, line 10, to delete “a scheme under subsection (1)” and substitute “a scheme made under subsection (1)”.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 22:In page 20, line 13, to delete “a scheme under subsection (1)” and substitute “a scheme made under subsection (1)”.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 23:In page 20, line 16, to delete “A scheme under subsection (1)” and substitute “A scheme made under subsection (1)”.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 24:In page 20, line 22, to delete “A scheme under subsection (1)” and substitute “A scheme made under subsection (1)”.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 25:In page 21, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following:“(3) Subject to subsections (4), (5) and (6), subsections (1) and (2) shall cease to have effect on the date of the coming into operation of section 165. (4) The Commission shall, in respect of the period specified under subsection (6), prepare final accounts of the Commission. (5) The Commission shall...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I listened with great interest to the various contributions of committee members on the current group of nine amendments, including amendments to sections 30 and 31 and a proposed new section, all of which are concerned with the protection of children. Indeed, for that reason we are discussing these amendments as a group. Notwithstanding that, it would be helpful, having regard to the...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Deputy Daly referred to the GDPR and the manner in which we might consider departing from it. Article 47 states clearly that processing of personal data for direct marketing purposes may be regarded as carrying out processing for illegitimate interest. I have a difficulty in departing from that. Deputy O'Callaghan has questioned the matter of the legal advice. It is not my legal advice or...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Not at all.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Of course we can do that in conjunction with our EU colleagues.