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

Alice-Mary Higgins: I accept the Minister's bona fides in terms of his analysis of it. I still have the concern that in some cases the data controller or the data processor who is being investigated may be a very large and well-resourced entity. That potential imbalance of power is a concern in terms of the individual versus what might be a very powerful or well-resourced data processor or data controller....

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

Alice-Mary Higgins: There is something fundamentally wrong. The rights of the private sector in terms of competition are carefully and preciously guarded, but those of an individual to see to it that there is a consequence when data protection legislation is breached do not seem to carry the same weight and the imposition of fines in this area is not considered to be necessary. We know and have seen the...

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

Alice-Mary Higgins: I will speak specifically to Sinn Féin's amendment which is mild. It does not seek to restore the full, large-scale fines under the general data protection regulation, given that they include fines of 4% of income, turnover and all the rest. It would simply give a power to the commission. I do not believe the commission, as established under the Bill, would be acting frivolously if it...

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

Alice-Mary Higgins: Am I correct in saying funds are paid back into the Exchequer?

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

Alice-Mary Higgins: People might be confused. When fines are paid, they are paid into the Exchequer, as the Minister can confirm. Taxpayers' money is not lost to the public. It may be reissued to the same body but with additional or new conditions attached. While a civil action is one mechanism, it is a very laborious legal route for any individual to take. In many cases, citizens are not looking for large...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I commend Senator Bacik on tabling the cross-party motion on the appalling and tragic bombing we have seen in Ghouta. I anticipate that we would be happy to support the motion. It is an opportunity for us to send a very strong signal. There will be opportunities to send a further strong signal of recognition for those who have suffered in terms of our motion later today on family...

Seanad: 100 Years of Women's Suffrage in Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I welcome the Minister and salute all of my colleagues. I am very proud to be part of the Vótáil 100 committee with Senator McFadden and the chair, Senator Bacik. In the couple of minutes available to me I want to reflect on those women, and some men, who were involved in the suffrage movement and highlight some of their qualities, of which I will highlight four. They were...

Seanad: 100 Years of Women's Suffrage in Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I have two final sentences. I want to mention the two other qualities. They fought hard. This right was not granted; it was won. There was breaking of windows as well as the metaphorical breaking of glass windows. They would not allow a veneer of normality over a situation of inequality, and we are seeing that same battle today. Lastly, and I will not talk about the contemporary...

Seanad: 100 Years of Women's Suffrage in Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I will finish by quoting two lines from a poem by Eva Gore-Booth.

Seanad: 100 Years of Women's Suffrage in Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The Minister might permit me to quote from a poem by Eva Gore-Booth because she was part of the suffrage movement in the UK at the same time as her sister played such a key role in Ireland. In a poem called Reincarnation, and she was a very good poet, she states:I seek with humble care and toil The dreams I left undreamed, the deeds undone, To sow the seed and break the stubborn soil, It...

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Jointly procured. That is the key question.

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The Minister asked if his response had addressed the question. The key question was with respect to joint procurement.

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The Minister asked if he had addressed the questions.

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: With respect, on a point of order the Minister inquired as to whether he had addressed all questions. In terms of detail, there were two specific questions on the implementation plan for PESCO and whether it would be published and laid before the Houses. There was a question on the European Court of Justice ruling in regard to-----

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The Minister asked-----

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I will do so, if the Minister in his response to Senator Mullen also addresses the pending questions.

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I ask the Minister to provide a recap of the European Court of Justice rulings.

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I asked about the European Court of Justice ruling on investor state dispute mechanisms and the implications for the role of investor courts or arbitration systems in Brexit and CETA.

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Would the Minister be willing to come to the House to discuss the issue with me?

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: The Minister is not able to provide answers to those questions. They were asked multiple times.