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Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Second Stage (19 Jun 2018) See 1 other result from this debate

Alice-Mary Higgins: ...colleague, Senator Conway-Walsh, touched on the question of rationale, which is crucially important because the test of necessity and proportionality is the overarching fundamental concern in all data sharing. The Minister of State correctly recognised that one can establish a legal basis for the sharing of data. No matter what legislative and legal arrangements are put in place, the...

EU Regulation on Collection and Transfer of Advance Passenger Information: Motion (25 Apr 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: Of paramount importance to me would be the protection of privacy of data. We have seen different situations in the past where concerns have been raised over issues to do with the protection of data. On the benefits, for instance for air carriers, the new rules will apply for air carriers to transfer advance passenger information, API, data on passengers only to one single point of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Regulations (11 Apr 2017)

Dara Murphy: The position is that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has direct legal effect and does not require to be transposed into national law. It does however contain a number of Articles which provide Member States with a limited margin of flexibility, mainly in respect of the public sector. Work is ongoing in the Department of Justice and Equality on the development of a General...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Digital Recording) Bill 2021: Discussion (21 Sep 2021)

Mr. Dale Sunderland: Any kind of processing and collection of data falls under data protection laws. In the context of data for purposes in the criminal justice sphere, they fall under the law enforcement directive. Retention periods and the security of data all need to be very clearly established. I will highlight the importance again of what we would see as the code of practice under...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Airport Passenger Data (13 Feb 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 106 to 110, inclusive, together. The European Union (Passenger Name Record Data) Regulations 2018 transpose into Irish law, Directive (EU) 2016/681 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the use of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Data Protection (18 May 2021)

Michael McGrath: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has a data breach management policy in place to ensure that any data breaches are dealt with as required under Articles 33-34 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).  In line with this policy, the Department identified and recorded twenty eight data breaches to date from 2016.  The breakdown by year...

Data Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: First Stage (29 Nov 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Data Protection Act 2018 in order to protect a child's personal data from being processed for marketing purposes and to provide for related matters. I know the mere mention of data protection legislation will send shivers down the spines of most Deputies. I am pleased to say that the Data Protection (Amendment)...

Written Answers — Medical Records: Medical Records (20 Oct 2009)

Mary Harney: The management of medical records, including their storage within or outside the State, must currently comply with the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003. Those Acts apply to all personal information. All bodies in Ireland who control and process personal data are obliged under the Data Protection Acts to register with the Data Commissioner and to abide by the rules of Data Protection in...

Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (27 Nov 2007) See 2 other results from this answer

Séamus Brennan: A range of measures are in place, including login and password security, to ensure that access to personal data held in electronic format is limited only to those staff authorised to carry out duties in relation to such data. This access control is underpinned by Departmental policies and procedures relating to the use of IT facilities. My Department's Information Technology systems are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (24 Nov 2020)

Norma Foley: The official responsible for the Departments Data Compliance and Support Section is the designated Data Protection Officer for the Department and is at the grade of Principal Officer. The unit supports the Department in being compliant with data and information regulations in relation to FOI, Records Management, GDPR and the Data Protection Act and provides corporate support services to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland Administration (19 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: As a centralised national service, SUSI implements a process through which student grant applicants and other parties to their application can consent to the sharing of their personal data with each other and with third parties, including public representatives, for the purpose of responding to queries submitted on behalf of applicants and parties to applications. This process seeks to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland Administration (14 Feb 2019)

Joe McHugh: As a centralised national service, SUSI implements a process through which student grant applicants and other parties to their application can consent to the sharing of their personal data with each other and with third parties, including public representatives, for the purpose of responding to queries submitted on behalf of applicants and parties to applications. This process seeks to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (15 Jun 2021)

Roderic O'Gorman: Following the dissolution of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation, my Department became the data controller for all the personal data contained in the records and databases that transferred from the Commission. My Department is responsible for protecting and fulfilling important rights of the individuals who are identified, or identifiable, in the Mother and Baby Homes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation: Data Protection Commission (3 Apr 2019) See 4 other results from this debate

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I appreciate that very much. I welcome the fact that this is an issue that the Data Protection Commission has been addressing. It is important. Here we are on the cusp perhaps and it is quite alarming to find where there are so many gaps that people are only just saying, "Oh my goodness, what should we be doing." This will impact right across the board. People do not have a sense of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Investigation (4 Nov 2020)

Helen McEntee: ...Minister for Justice, have no role in the conduct of its investigation. I am informed by my officials that, in May 2019, having been made aware of the loss of the USB stick containing personal data in relation to the Hickson Commission, my Department notified the Data Protection Commission (DPC), as required under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection...

Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (29 Apr 2008) See 1 other result from this answer

Martin Cullen: ...one million people each week. Because of the nature, scale and diversity of its work, the Department holds detailed information about its customers and takes its responsibilities to safeguard this data extremely seriously. All electronic data is stored in the Department's primary computer site. The site itself has rigorous control procedures. Our systems are subject to standard physical...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 – Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 – Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (8 Feb 2022)

Helen McEntee: ...and ensuring they have the resources to carry out the work they do. The conversation I had recently with the commissioner around this very clearly shows that the commission is operating within the data protection legislation, that is, the Data Protection Act, which was passed in 2018. Obviously, that is what we would expect from an independent Data Protection Commission.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Data Protection (1 Jun 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I can confirm that my Department has identified 3 data breaches since 2018 - 1 in 2018 and 2 in 2020. No data breaches were identified in 2019, or to date in 2021. The nature of breaches which occurred was due to information disclosed in error. In the case of each incident immediate remedial action was undertaken, and the Data Protection Commission was notified in line with...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Data Protection (14 Feb 2018)

Shane Ross: My Department began its GDPR preparations last year with the appointment, as required under Article 37 (1)(a) of the Regulation, of an Interim Data Protection Officer (DPO) who undertook training and is a Certified Data Protection Practitioner. The DPO also represents my Department at the Interdepartmental Committee on Data issues which is chaired by the Department of an Taoiseach. ...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Data Protection (4 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: My Department is fully aware of its responsibilities in respect of the processing of personal data as provided for in the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003. My Department’s Data Protection Policy outlines the procedures that must be followed by all staff in the Department and its Offices whose duties entail processing personal data. This Policy outlines best practice in relation...