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- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Message to Dáil (26 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: In accordance with Standing Order 90, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimate for public services for the year ending 31 December 2019: Vote 29 — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (26 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Is it agreed that EU legislative proposals, COM (2019) 413 and COM (2019) 414, do not require further scrutiny? Agreed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EirGrid: Chairman Designate (26 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: The purpose of this part of the meeting is to have an engagement with Mr. Brendan Tuohy, chairperson designate, EirGrid. On behalf of the committee, I welcome him to this session.The format of the meeting is a brief opening statement and it will be followed by questions from members. By virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EirGrid: Chairman Designate (26 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: I thank Mr. Tuohy for outlining the challenges that lie ahead for us. One of the challenges is the building out of the grid system and the large potential for offshore energy from wind, particularly off the west coast. What is the timeline for that? I know there is a focus on the east coast but what is EirGrid's vision in rolling out connectivity from the west and tapping into that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EirGrid: Chairman Designate (26 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: It would be a super-grid.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EirGrid: Chairman Designate (26 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Had the Deputy other questions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EirGrid: Chairman Designate (26 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: I will move on to Deputy Cullinane.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EirGrid: Chairman Designate (26 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: I remind members that we have two other sessions and urge Deputy Jack Chambers and others to keep their questions as brief as possible.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EirGrid: Chairman Designate (26 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: I wish Mr. Tuohy well. We look forward to working with him and this has been a very positive engagement. I wish him every success. We will suspend briefly to allow our next witnesses to take their seats.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: From the Data Protection Commission, DPC, I welcome Mr. Dale Sunderland, deputy commissioner; Mr. Cathal Ryan, assistant commissioner; and Mr. Ultan O’Carroll, assistant commissioner. From University College Dublin, I welcome Dr. Benjamin R. Cowan, assistant professor at the school of information and communication studies. I draw the attention of witnesses to the fact that by virtue...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: I will start with a question for the Data Protection Commission and perhaps Dr. Cowan. This issue of people's data came up when we held the International Grand Committee on Disinformation and 'Fake News' here in the Houses of the Oireachtas. As Dr. Cowan said, children and visitors in a home could be profiled - are being profiled - and tracked and those data shared. What are the witnesses'...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Mr. Sunderland is saying the legislation is there. Am I correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: He is saying the GDPR covers this and that I could ask any company about the profile it has on me and ask that company to give me all that information so I might know, be it true or false, whatever I am googling or however I am interacting online, that the company is creating a profile and I have access to it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: It is not very clear, though, is it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: There is an obligation on such platforms to make this clear and user-friendly, as Mr. Sunderland said, rather than us all just clicking "OK" several times to get to see the website.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Finally, I mean this in the positive, but it sounds like we must wait for the regulation for the commission to put pressure on these companies to do this. This is the delay. They could do this much more quickly if they so wished, but we must enforce them and request them to do this under the GDPR powers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Dr. Cowan wished to come in on this.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Just to clarify what Dr. Cowan is saying, do we need to legislate for data protection by design? He hopes the companies are making ethical design decisions but how do we make them do that? Is legislation required? Who would like to respond to that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Is it the case that it is too complex to regulate or control? The companies are obviously not doing this then if we have had these glitches. From our point of view, I am just wondering how we deal with it. Mr. O'Carroll said Article 25 of the GDPR provides the legal framework. Is the issue enforcement? These companies are not adhering to the GDPR standards as specified in the legislation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Dr. Cowan wished to come in on another issue. I ask him to address it now as I am going to try to wrap up shortly.