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Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Yes, on the basis that it is unacceptable that Fine Gael and its proppers-up in government will not take this-----

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: No. This is a serious stand-alone issue in farming-----

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: -----and it cannot be absorbed into a wider farming debate.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: It is disgraceful and shows the Government's-----

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: For God's sake.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. It is correct to say that this is neither good nor bad and much will depend on how it is used. I find the way in which data is used in this country quite fascinating. I welcome anything that will protect the citizen. The citizen is looking for transparency, simplicity and confidence in the system. I welcome the fact that data sharing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: The success of this framework will depend on its implementation and the resources that are attached to it. The compatibility of the information management and IT systems will be crucial and if there is not a coinciding investment in upgrading and protecting all of that from cyber attacks and so forth, then this in itself will not mean anything to the citizen. Are there many complaints about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: As late as last week I had a case involving the Revenue Commissioners where information relating to one individual was attached to another individual's file and the latter was sent a bill in error. Such things are happening all of the time and that is why this legislation is so urgent. Let us take the example of a local authority where hundreds of emails from public representatives are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: When Mr. Lowry refers to the disciplinary process, is he speaking of the disciplinary process within the organisation or Department?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Are there criminal sanctions for such behaviour?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Does Mr. Lowry think that might be a gap, the fact that there are no criminal sanctions for such behaviour? There are no penalties included in this draft legislation either.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I have two final short questions. With regard to the discretionary powers that this draft legislation affords to the Minister to introduce changes via secondary legislation, we do not know how any given Minister might use those discretionary powers for legislation. Is that something that would concern the Department?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: In terms of private institutions, the sharing of data with financial institutions, Revenue, the Department of Social Welfare and all that, will this Bill impact on that or is there sufficient sharing there already?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: Internationally, do we share data with Britain and America?

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I express my sincere condolences and those of the Sinn Féin team in the Seanad to the families of those who lost their lives in the Manchester bombing. Our thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved families and those who have been injured and traumatised by the atrocity. Manchester is a city that has been home to generations of Irish citizens. It embraces diversity and...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: That is way out of order.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. The more we learn about this subject and the more revealed in discussion of this Bill, the more concerned we are and the more concerned individuals will be. I take the point in particular about governance rather than sharing being the problem. The success of this or how it is done will depend on the infrastructure that underpins and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I thank Mr. O'Brien. That is all very useful. I am thinking of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the confusion about digital mapping and the introduction of different bits and pieces into existing systems that are not compatible, and the impact that has on the citizen in terms of delayed payments and so on. I take what Mr. O'Brien said earlier about income streams...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: First, I wish to propose a change in the Order of Business, to call for a vote on motion No. 18 of the non-Government motions on the Order Paper and for that be taken at the conclusion of statements on areas of natural constraint, ANC, with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2017)

Rose Conway Walsh: I wish to call for a vote at the end of the debate on ANCs today with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine on motion No. 18 of the non-Government motions on the Order Paper. I can explain it to the Leader later.