Results 41-60 of 76 for data protection speaker:Joe McHugh

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Establishment (22 Nov 2018)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 90 and 91 together. As the Deputy may be aware, in order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas. My Department uses a Geographical Information System (GIS) to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise. The GIS uses data from a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (5 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: ...and Training) (Amendment) Act 2019 contains provisions that will enable the introduction of the International Education Mark (IEM) alongside the establishment of a new national fund for the Protection for Enrolled Learners (PEL). The IEM is a core component of the Government's policy for the English language sector. Only those providers who meet the robust quality assurance procedures of...

Other Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (15 Dec 2015)

Joe McHugh: ...as an extensive desk-based literature review of unconventional gas exploration and extraction practices and regulations worldwide. This scientific research programme considers existing baseline data with respect to groundwater, air and seismicity, and the potential implications and mitigations that are required to be considered to understand the environmental impacts of using this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (26 Mar 2019)

Joe McHugh: .... In identifying the requirement for additional school places, the Department uses a Geographical Information System (GIS) to identify where the pressure for school places will arise. The GIS uses data from the Central Statistics Office, Ordnance Survey Ireland and the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, in addition to the Department's own databases. As the Deputy has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: My Department’s overall annual spend on the DEIS Programme is approximately €125 million. Additional funding is provided by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection for the School Meals Programme and by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs for the School Completion Programme.  As the Deputy may be aware, my Department is...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Information and Communications Technology (25 Jun 2019)

Joe McHugh: ...referenced my predecessor, Deputy Bruton, who will head an all-Government approach to the use of mobile phone technology and smartphones to try to introduce proper safeguards and safety measures to protect young people. There is a responsibility on the Government, citizens and parents, as well as on the companies to act responsibly. They are the ones with the algorithms, data and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation Provision (7 Mar 2019)

Joe McHugh: ...go mbeidh réiteach ar an fhadhb seo i mbliana. I thank the Deputy for raising this matter as it gives me the opportunity to set out the situation with the lack of places at primary schools in the Ashbourne town area. In order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas. The Department...

Other Questions: Gas Exploration Licences (29 Jan 2015)

Joe McHugh: ...The key questions that this research programme must answer are whether unconventional gas exploration and extraction projects and operations can be carried out in the island of Ireland while also protecting the environment and human health; and what constitutes best environmental practice in relation to such projects and operations. To this end, the scientific research programme is based...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (12 Dec 2019)

Joe McHugh: In order to plan for school provision and analyse the relevant demographic data, the Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas and uses a Geographical Information System, using data from a range of sources, including Child Benefit data from the Department of Social Protection and the Department's own school enrolment databases, to identify where the pressure for school...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Environmental Impact Statements (16 Dec 2014)

Joe McHugh: ...licence over the areas concerned. The licensing option work programmes permitted the companies to evaluate the natural gas potential of the acreage largely based on desktop studies of existing data. Exploration drilling, or the use of hydraulic fracturing in exploration drilling, was not proposed by the companies concerned, nor was it permitted under the licensing options. As the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Rule of Law Report: Engagement with European Commissioner for Justice (24 Nov 2022)

Joe McHugh: ...Commissioner to the joint committee. We look forward to having a discussion. We engage on deliberative basis. We appreciate this opportunity to engage with the Mr. Reynders and we welcome his team. Our discussion will focus on several areas ranging from data protection and rule of law to hate speech and the war in Ukraine. Before we begin, I will read a note on privilege and some...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Expenditure (6 Sep 2019)

Joe McHugh: My Department’s overall annual spend on the DEIS Programme is approximately €125 million. Additional funding is provided by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection for the School Meals Programme and by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs for the School Completion Programme. The substantial annual investment by my Department on the DEIS Programme...

Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 Sep 2015)

Joe McHugh: ...school to serve Ballinteer-Stepaside. The Department of Education and Skills uses a geographical information system, GIS, to identify where the pressure for school places will arise. The GIS uses data from the Central Statistics Office, Ordnance Survey Ireland and the Department of Social Protection in addition to the Department's own databases. It also uses data from the local...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Offshore Exploration (17 Sep 2014)

Joe McHugh: .... The key questions required to be answered are as follows: - Can unconventional gas exploration and extraction projects and operations be carried out in the island of Ireland whilst also protecting the environment and human health? and - What is ‘best environmental practice’ in relation to such projects and operations? In considering these question the following key...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (19 Nov 2014)

Joe McHugh: ...of County Clare. The licensing options awarded were preliminary authorisations designed to allow the companies assess the shale gas potential of the acreage largely based on desktop studies of existing data. Exploration drilling, including drilling that would involve hydraulic fracturing was not permitted under these licensing options. The licensing options gave the holder the first...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Stocks (4 Nov 2015)

Joe McHugh: ...fish stock survey (all fish species including brown trout) in the River Barrow catchment (main channel and tributaries) was completed during July and August 2015. IFI are currently processing the data collected and as soon as a report is compiled and finalised in early 2016 it will be made available to the Deputy. IFI policy is that management measurements for wild brown trout be...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Economic Data (26 Jul 2017)

Joe McHugh: ...detailed estimates of major accounting items, such as output, input costs, gross and net value added and operating surplus. The results are transmitted to Eurostat for publication on the European database, and are also published by the CSO in the Output, Input & Income in Agriculture release three times a year (i.e. an advance estimate in December, preliminary estimate the...

Genuine Progress Indicators and National Distributional Accounts Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Mar 2018)

Joe McHugh: There is a growing demand for data on societal progress and well-being, and I thank Deputy Howlin for raising this important matter. While economic indicators such as gross domestic product are a useful measure of the overall progress of an economy, they reveal little about the well-being of citizens or the distribution of economic growth among different sectors of society. To measure...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Private Partnerships (18 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: ..., which provides the contractual basis for the PPP arrangement, has been regularly updated to ensure that it provides a robust framework for measuring the performance of the private partner and protecting the interests of the State over the lifetime of the project. The NDFA also carries out quality audits as part of its ongoing performance review and monitoring of PPP Schools. The...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Stocks (22 Sep 2015)

Joe McHugh: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1532 to 1534, inclusive, together. Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is the state agency responsible for the protection, management and conservation of Ireland's inland fisheries and sea angling resources. IFI manages salmon stocks on an individual river basis as each of Ireland’s 143 salmon rivers has its own genetically unique stock of salmon ...