Results 41-60 of 67 for data protection speaker:Pearse Doherty

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: ...on whether I got the quote online or a renewal quote from the company's head office. The company thinks I will pay the higher premium because it uses an algorithm involving price sensitivity and data mining to prey on customers' loyalty. I am not the only person who has experienced this practice. A 21-year-old constituent of mine got a quote from Liberty Insurance of €5,160,...

Credit Reporting Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (3 Dec 2013)

Pearse Doherty: ...the fact that the information will be provided free of charge, arising from discussions on Committee Stage, and I very much welcome that. I also accept the Minister of State's argument regarding data protection, although I believe there are ways around it. It is not as if we are going to be plucking addresses from the sky, unlike the situation with the local property tax. These are...

Credit Reporting Bill 2012: Second Stage (28 Mar 2013)

Pearse Doherty: .... There has been a significant delay in bringing forward the legislation and the troika has insisted on its implementation. When will the provisions become operational and people be able to access their information? What is the position on existing information that the banks hold through the Irish Credit Bureau? Will the data be transferred automatically or will there be two concurrent...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: ...consumers hundreds of euros each year without them even knowing it is happening. These companies exploit customers who do not know about dual pricing. They rely on the loyalty of customers and use behavioural data and dual pricing algorithms in their systems to charge extortionate prices and push up their profit margins. Everyone with an insurance policy will have to renew it in the...

Irish Fiscal Advisory Council's Pre-Budget 2015 Statement: Statements (21 Oct 2014)

Pearse Doherty: ...spend nearly €1 billion and reach a target of 2.7% of GDP? Why was it recommending an additional adjustment in previous years when the Government opted for a smaller reduction and was able to reach its targets? When I asked the Minister about the detail on this at the committee meeting in June of this year, he mentioned that he had additional soft data that explained why the...

Protection of Cash as Legal Tender: Motion [Private Members] (8 Mar 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...services. This makes its availability and access to it crucial, especially for vulnerable customer groups such as the elderly and those with low financial resilience. Cash safeguards the privacy, data rights and identity of citizens in their financial activities and remains an important tool in budgeting for many citizens, households and businesses. Cash is secure, especially at a time...

Insurance Costs: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jun 2016)

Pearse Doherty: ..., or the publication of its work on motor insurance if completed earlier; - a proposal from the Government for legislative action, including through the strengthening of the Financial Services Ombudsman to give greater protection and clarity to consumers in the sector and specifically to prevent consumers whose circumstances have not changed from facing increases completely out of line...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2021)

Pearse Doherty: ...the explanations offered so far by Ministers, including the Taoiseach, dilute the seriousness of this issue. The dishonesty of this practice of gathering information about children in this way is self-evident. At the very least, it is extremely unethical and there remain legal uncertainties on this practice. I welcome the fact that the Data Protection Commissioner has instigated its own...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2013)

Pearse Doherty: ...review on the research and development tax credit for key employees, but when we introduce such measures in a finance Bill we need to include some type of informal 12-month review. As soon as the data becomes available when taxpayers start making their returns, we need to be able to sit down with that preliminary data and ask at what would be the first glimpse of the effect of this...

Support for Household Energy Bills: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2023)

Pearse Doherty: .... Another constituent recently contacted me after being hit with an electricity bill of €1,100. These are eye-watering prices. What should not be tolerated as workers and families struggle, is that eye-watering profits are made by these companies, but this Government is happy to protect the windfall profits that energy companies have made. We know that the Minister, Deputy...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...a construction site, in a hairdresser's, in hospitality or on a factory floor, they cannot be expected to continue working beyond the pension age. All workers, when they reach that age, must be given the freedom to choose to retire or work on if they wish. Workers need to know the Government will treat them fairly and protect their rights. However, let us be clear this is a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...'s failure on children with special needs who cannot secure appropriate school places come September. Mr. Muldoon was very clear regarding the seriousness of the situation. He said the situation is "a clear failure on the part of the State, which has an obligation to respect, protect and fulfil the right to education of every child." The Ombudsman went further. He said the failure to...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Central Bank (National Claims Information Database) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2018)

Pearse Doherty: This amendment to reduce the notification period for the serving of a letter of claim from two months to one month, in the context of data protection and GDPR, seems sensible. I do not have an issue with that as such. I have an issue with the other parts of what the Minister of State has done here. The Minister of State has removed the words "or as soon as practicable thereafter", which...

Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Second Stage (3 May 2018)

Pearse Doherty: ...an option. It is important that this law is dealt with through primary legislation. It will give the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach an opportunity to tease out in detail the implications of the legislation and ensure that it is fit for purpose. I note how this adds to an existing range of consumer protection legislation. There is now such a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Dual Pricing for Insurance: Discussion (12 Nov 2019)

Pearse Doherty: ...an investigation into dual pricing, including the practice and the prevalence of dual pricing in the market, the cost of dual pricing to customers and what direct intervention could be made to protect customers from price discrimination. I welcome the fact that on foot of that request and on foot of the 130-page submission I made the following month, which is available to this committee...

Seanad: Recall of Irish Pork and Bacon Products: Statements (10 Dec 2008)

Pearse Doherty: ...fáilte roimh an tAire Stáit. As my party colleague, Deputy Ferris, stated in respect of the current crisis, the priority now must be to limit the extent of the damage done to the sector and to protect the many livelihoods and jobs that have been affected. I spent the past couple of hours in my office trying to deal with pig farmers from County Donegal whose animals could not be...

Finance Bill 2013: Second Stage (19 Feb 2013)

Pearse Doherty: ...%, given that, I believe, Britain and the United States have set it at 90%. There also are questions regarding the mixed assets and that the legislation seems to lack any meaningful asset test to protect potential investors. These are some issues which we will be able to address in more detail on Committee Stage. In addition, the changes to research and development tax credits for...

Finance (Tax Appeals and Prospectus Regulation) Bill 2019: Second Stage (24 Sep 2019)

Pearse Doherty: ...standards in the performance of functions of individual commissioners. Section 5 provides for the general functions of the chairperson who will generally control the overall administration and business of the commission. Importantly, it provides that the chairperson will have specific responsibility to ensure the integrity of the commission's accounting and financial reporting...

National Recovery and Resilience Plan: Statements (2 Jun 2021)

Pearse Doherty: ...welfare rates and cash payments will be increased annually to offset the impact of this additional tax burden. With regard to digital reforms and transformations, I welcome many of the commitments that are being made. A focus must be placed on the IT and data infrastructure of the health service, which has been neglected for far too long with disastrous consequences for staff and...