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Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I thank Senators McDowell and others for proposing their amendment and acknowledge the amendment I have co-signed with my colleague, Senator Ruane, and the related amendments in this section. I also acknowledge that good, credible evidence, positions, advice and perspectives have been offered by all sides on this matter. I hold the advice given by groups such as the Irish Society for the...

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I will be brief. It is a valid question and one the Minister might address. It is clear that regardless of what age a child submits, the data provider or information society's provider is still liable to fines. The burden falls on them of fines regardless of what age a child puts in. However, that is around the companies. As to individual vulnerability to predators online, the danger...

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The Taoiseach will meet them.

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Perhaps scope might be built into the Bill to accommodate it.

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Perhaps we can formalise a review process.

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I wish to speak briefly to this section to signal it is one of the key sections under which some of the issues we have discussed could be addressed. It deals with the designation of data protection officers. I signal that I will focus on this section on Report Stage as one of the key areas where the Minister will perhaps have the capacity to set out particular rules around the roles of...

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I thank the Minister for that. I believe that, as far as is possible, each organisation should have its own data protection officer but that responsibility should be exercised in very constrained circumstances. It is something to which we can look, given that there is that capacity.

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: It should be an exception rather than the rule.

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I welcome that the Minister is happy to engage with myself and Senator Ruane around those protection of children areas. However, I highlight, as part of that discussion, that under Article 6.1(f) of the GDPR, which is one of those key areas where the protection of the child is weighted against the interests of a data controller and it relates back to this data protection issue, it is of...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Due to the cancellation of our visit to bring Constance Markievicz's portrait to the House of Commons, I am lucky enough to be here and join in giving míle buíochas. I get very nervous when I speak Irish. I will probably speak it more when Senator Ó Clochartaigh is no longer here because I will be less nervous. I have real gratitude for the contribution Senator Ó...

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Measures to Counter False Self-Employment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (28 Feb 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I very much support the Bill. I compliment Senator Nash and the Labour Party on effectively putting forward constructive proposals over recent months. The Competition (Amendment) Act 2017 was recognised by the then Minister, Deputy Mitchell O'Connor, as being positive and she worked with all parties in the House to pass this positive contribution to employment law. A set of measures and...

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 9b:In page 23, to delete lines 28 to 33 and substitute the following:"must be necessary and proportionate, shall include limitations on the access to the personal data undergoing processing within a workplace in order to prevent unauthorised consultation, alteration, disclosure or erasure of personal data, and may include— (a) explicit consent of the data subject...

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: We have not discussed the fourth group of amendments at all. We adjourned after the vote on the previous section.

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: It was.

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I was worried that the Cathaoirleach was moving to the votes.

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Am I right in thinking amendment No. 18 to section 42 is also included in the group?

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I could not see the relationship, but I am happy to speak to them as determined. Section 32 was one on which I thought that if we were able to engage constructively, we might be able to address a number of concerns. It relates "suitable and specific measures" for processing. This term is invoked 16 subsequent times in the Bill. It was conceived originally to be used in respect of...

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I warmly welcome the Minister's commitment and acknowledge the interest his officials have shown in engaging in this area. The Minister will understand that I am seeking to be constructive with regard to the amendments. While I will not press most of the amendments to a vote, I may press one or two of them because this will put us on stronger ground in terms of collectively working together...

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: No, I will press it. I am not going to press most of the amendments but I will press amendment No. 9b.

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I acknowledge that.