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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Section 33 of the Bill, which relates to the designation of data protection officers, provides for the possible introduction of regulations that would require additional categories of controllers or processors to appoint data protection officers in accordance with Article 37(4) of the GDPR. Section 33(3) sets out the policies and principles that would apply for the purposes of underpinning...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: There may be something of a misunderstanding here. The section does not apply to the data protection officers appointed under Article 37 of the GDPR where designation is compulsory. In this section we are only talking about the extension of compulsory categories. Even if the amendment were passed, I am not sure it would have the consequence Deputy Daly believes it would have.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: We are talking about some small business that may be required to engage in some obligations. If we look at Article 37 on the designation of the data protection officer, we are dealing with cases other than those referred to in the section. Examples are associations and bodies that might represent controllers or processors, and micro-businesses.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The earlier sections deal with the compulsory obligations. Under this section we are dealing with additional categories of controllers, not those who are required to undertake obligations compulsorily under the legislation. It deals with cases in which there will not be obligations immediately under the Act where the State at some stage may wish to extend the application of the Act to...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: This will not apply where bodies have obligations under the legislation. It is something that may apply at some stage in the future-----

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I would not expect Deputy Daly to withdraw her amendments before hearing my contribution.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I hope that, having heard my contribution, she will withdraw some of the amendments in this group. I will start with the good news, however. Having regard to the Deputy's contribution and the content of the amendment, I will accept amendment No. 36. However, I am not in a position to accept the other amendments and I will set out the reasons for my decision. On section 35, which deals with...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire has said the bar is sufficiently high and that, therefore, we might as well move it a little higher. However, obligations of a serious nature are in place and we need to ensure new obligations under the legislation would be workable and enforceable. If Deputy Jim O'Callaghan says we are running the risk of introducing a lawyer's holiday, I take that-----

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: That is a reasonable point and I am keen to ensure that will not happen. However, a high bar has been set and creating more obstacles in the form of obligations could well result in the scenario painted by the Deputy and of which I am mindful in the context of the amendments.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I move amendment No. 44:In page 26, to delete lines 35 to 38.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I will not accept the amendments. The retention of section 37 is not only desirable but it is, to my mind, essential. I thank Deputy O'Callaghan for his support in that regard. This is an area which was the subject matter of some debate in the Seanad. For the same reasons as then, I am not in a position to accept the amendments now. The purpose of section 37 is to underpin data processing...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: Am I on my own again?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (2 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I heard a "Níl" from Deputy Brophy, but I understand the disposition of the Chairman and the committee, so we might act accordingly on the guidance of the Chairman.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Correspondence (3 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I can inform the Deputy that my Department has been in ongoing contact with the person in question since 2015 in relation to their concerns. My Department has written to this person to outline the current position and also suggested possible options should they wish to pursue the matter further. In relation to the most recent correspondence, I can advise the Deputy that it has been...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (3 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The information sought by the Deputy is currently not to hand.  A request has been made to the Garda Commissioner and when the information is received I will write to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations (3 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy is referring to a matter which was raised in an anonymous protected disclosure. That correspondence was received in my Department on 22 November 2017 and was referred to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) for investigation on 8 December 2017. My Department had no knowledge of, or involvement in, the events referred to by the Deputy prior to receiving the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commission on the Future of Policing (3 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: As the Deputy will be aware, the Commission on the Future of Policing is currently undertaking a comprehensive examination of all aspects of policing in Ireland, including the provision of security services to the State by An Garda Síochána. The Commission is due to report in September this year and I look forward to receiving the output of its extensive body of work and the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Facilities (3 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Director General of the Irish Prison Service that an Invitation to Tender for the construction of a new wing for 100 male prisoners and a new unit to accommodate 50 female prisoners at Limerick prison was issued by the Irish Prison Service on my behalf on July 20th last. The original date for receipt of tenders was set as November 30th 2017 and this was extended to January...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Training (3 May 2018)

Charles Flanagan: I will refer the Deputy to his previous questions 188 and 189 of 28 March 2018 and 106 and 107 of 25 April 2018, in which I detailed the cost  of all social media training received by staff in my Department from 2011 to date.  I can also inform the Deputy that, other than the costs detailed in those previous questions, no additional cost was incurred by my Department in...