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Data Protection Bill 2018: Report Stage (15 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: We have tabled amendments Nos. 20, 62, 79 and 81.

Data Protection Bill 2018: Report Stage (15 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: That is fine.

Data Protection Bill 2018: Report Stage (15 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: As we stated on Committee Stage, amendment No. 20 in this group advocates a small but possibly significant change. It appears from the current wording of section 37(4) that the processing of personal data in the public interest would be possible without being specified in regulations made by a Minister. In such circumstances, who would decide what constituted the public interest and who...

Data Protection Bill 2018: Report Stage (15 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I was going to speak in defence of Deputy Ó Laoghaire's amendment but, as he has withdrawn it, I would appear to be wasting my time.

Data Protection Bill 2018: Report Stage (15 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I will listen to the Minister first.

Data Protection Bill 2018: Report Stage (15 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: There is some merit in Deputy Ó Laoghaire's proposal. We know that the Data Protection Commissioner has opened a section 10 investigation into the public services card and the single customer view, which is one of the biggest data sharing projects in the history of this State. As I understood it, the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner is also investigating the use of CCTV...

Data Protection Bill 2018: Report Stage (15 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: We welcome Deputy Shortall's conversion and we look forward to Sinn Féin, Fianna Fáil and the Labour Party joining in on the issue also. We fought on the Government's side on this issue on Committee Stage so we are repeating an amendment that Senator Lynn Ruane first introduced in the Seanad and which we also proposed during Committee Stage in the Dáil. We believe that the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Sanctions (15 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: 52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the withdrawal of support for the EU sanctions targeting Syria will be considered; if the relevant working groups in Brussels that review the impact of sanctions have published reports in 2018 with regard to the negative impact of the sanctions; if so, if he has engaged with these reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (15 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: 55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the ongoing civil war in Yemen; if the Saudi Arabia-led coalition which conducts airstrikes on a daily basis will be condemned; his views on the fact that eight million persons are now at risk of starvation; the role Ireland can play on an international stage in striving for peace in Yemen; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (15 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: 408. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided by the HSE to a centre (details supplied) in each year since 2013, in tabular form; if his attention has been drawn to the high turnover in staff at the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21149/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Criminal Prosecutions (16 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: 7. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had discussions with the NAMA chairman or CEO regarding a court case involving a former NAMA official charged with leaking information that the DPP decided not to prosecute; if so, the details of the discussions; if no other instances of leaking have occurred within NAMA, his further views on whether the Data Protection Commissioner should...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Criminal Prosecutions (16 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: My question relates to the recent decision of the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP, not to prosecute former National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, official Mr. Paul Pugh for the leaking of confidential information. Can the Minister shed some light on the case? Has he spoken to the NAMA chairman or CEO about it? Is the Minister concerned that leaking is going unpunished?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Criminal Prosecutions (16 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: The Minister says that he cannot hold the DPP to account, but he should be able to so hold NAMA. The decision of the DPP raises a lot more questions than answers. We have to wonder what caused the body to feel that it could not prosecute. When did NAMA first find out that Mr. Pugh had been leaking information, and when did they report it to An Garda? These are answers the Minister should...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Criminal Prosecutions (16 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: -----did the CEO or chairman intervene in this case at the last minute?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Criminal Prosecutions (16 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: There were not allegations.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Criminal Prosecutions (16 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: They were not allegations. They are known facts.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Criminal Prosecutions (16 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I wrote to the Data Protection Commissioner about this case. Her office seems to be the only wing of the State at present that has any interest in holding NAMA to account. The Minister might be able to help me with this. The Data Protection Commissioner asked me whether the information leaked by Mr. Pugh contained personal data. This is critical to allowing the DPP to investigate. Will...

Other Questions: NAMA Operations (16 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: 10. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has discussed the Data Protection Commissioner's ruling on NAMA and a group (details supplied) with the NAMA CEO and chairman; the reason NAMA has not appealed the ruling; the steps NAMA is taking to ensure it is in full compliance with data protection law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21446/18]

Other Questions: NAMA Operations (16 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: This question relates to the ruling by the Data Protection Commissioner on NAMA and the O'Flynn Group. Could the Minister tell me whether he has discussed the ruling with the NAMA CEO and chairman? The last time we spoke about this, the Minister informed me the board of NAMA is currently considering the ruling of the commissioner and will respond to it. Could the Minister tell me whether...

Other Questions: NAMA Operations (16 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: I am glad to hear co-operation is being considered. I asked the Minister whether he had read the report. It would have made interesting reading for the Minister for Finance. If he had read it, he would have noted that the disdain and - for want of a better word - ignorance showed by NAMA not just for the O'Flynn Group but also for the Data Protection Commissioner, in particular, was a bit...