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Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: From the Seanad (20 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: I notified my officials immediately and asked them to bring it to the attention of the Minister.

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: From the Seanad (20 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: Will she correct the record of the Dáil?

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: From the Seanad (20 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: I want it noted on the record that I am not happy with this. A personal charge has been made against another Deputy in the House. The Chair has an obligation to protect a Deputy against whom a personal charge is being made.

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: From the Seanad (20 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: I believe that the Chair is not acting appropriately.

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: From the Seanad (20 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: Hold on a second.

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: From the Seanad (20 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Acting Chairman is suggesting that I clarified the situation. I did not make anything ambiguous.

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: From the Seanad (20 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: Other Deputies will agree that the charge levelled against me is grossly unfair.

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: From the Seanad (20 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: I am sorry, Chair, but the Deputy said that I had ignored a matter that had been raised. I did not.

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: From the Seanad (20 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: I want the record of the Dáil to be corrected.

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: From the Seanad (20 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: In that case, I will ask-----

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: From the Seanad (20 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: I will finish on this.

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: From the Seanad (20 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: I will finish on this. I want the matter referred as the Acting Chairman outlined-----

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: From the Seanad (20 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: -----and I want it investigated. I will be seeking an apology on the floor of the House.

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: From the Seanad (20 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: Regarding Deputy Wallace's point on the coercion of data, it does not state anywhere in the Bill or in any other legislation that information will be coerced from somebody, but to avail of services and to be able to interact with the State, I am sure the Deputy will accept that the State must be able to verify who a person is and it must be able to verify identity. That is key to this. As a...

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: From the Seanad (20 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: I know the Deputy is not. To suggest that we might have an opt-out or a soft opt-in, there is a risk that people will opt out of the unpopular services or the unpopular interactions with the State. That is the point I made earlier, the point I made on the last occasion we debated the legislation in the House and the point I made during the debate in the Seanad. That is also the point we...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (21 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: I am fine. How is the Chairman?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (21 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: I am harking back to my days as a member of the Committee of Public Accounts.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (26 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: 287. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place in relation to the cross-border initiative for healthcare procedures in the context of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8991/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (27 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank Deputy Joan Collins for agreeing to reschedule this matter to today. It was picked on Thursday last and, because I was obliged to attend a funeral, it was postponed with the Deputy's consent. I am taking this matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Donohoe, and I will bring any points raised to his attention. I am aware that the issue...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (27 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Deputy referred to a 2016 case and I will bring it to the attention of the Minister. I am sure the Deputy has heard the reply umpteen times from successive people who have had to stand up and respond to the question, and it relates to the definition of "public servant". That relates to the issue of how people are paid. I omitted to say that in the aftermath of the community sector high...