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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 379. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the progression of the transitional justice for survivors of Mother and Baby Homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18718/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card Data (1 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 939 of 20 March 2018, the purpose of the latest tender by her Department for facial recognition software; and her plans to expand the use of public service cards beyond SAFE level 2. [18719/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Loans (1 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 464. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to allow county council mortgage holders who are first-time buyers and in the early stages of their mortgage to avail of the same rates as the first time buyers on the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme. [18986/18]

Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Minister has taken on board the point we made. It is fair to say that there have been issues in the past with corruption that have centred around local authorities. It is important to acknowledge that, similar to other public representatives and elected persons, we should identify members of local authorities specifically, and I thank the Minister for taking the point on board.

Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Neither provoking nor encouraging.

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: We will be supporting the amendment in the name of Deputies Daly and Wallace. Like Deputy Daly, I will make some points to which I will refer after the fact rather than repeat in respect of various amendments because they apply to a number of them. One of the primary criticisms of this Bill is the length of it and the extent of the exemptions and the scope for regulation. In a general...

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I wish to respond to that. It is not directly analogous, but every year there is a resolution to renew the Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009. There are regularly resolutions on the transposition of European legislation and on the approval of conventions. Some of those motions are taken with debate, some are taken without debate....

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move amendment No. 10:In page 15, to delete line 37 and substitute the following:"(4) Any and all investigations ongoing or commenced by the Data Protection Commissioner shall continue under the aegis of the Data Protection Commission as of the establishment day without interruption.". There is a slight drafting error in the amendment and I am not sure it will be possible to press it....

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I support the tenor and principle of all those amendments. They are valuable. My preference, between amendments Nos. 14 and 15, would be for the European Data Protection Supervisor as opposed to the European Data Protection Board. Will the Minister clarify in what regard No. 15 is contrary to the GDPR?

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move amendment No. 26:In page 23, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following:“Data-harvesting, micro-targeting and profiling of children for financial gain 30. It shall be an offence under this Act for any company or corporate body to collect, collate, or store data pertaining to a child as defined by section 29, for the uses of profiling or micro-targeting, for the purposes...

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Three of the amendments are relatively similar. I will echo the point made by Deputy Róisín Shortall, that the right call is being made about the digital age of consent. A great deal more is needed to ensure the safety online of children and the population at large which I have said in passing as it is not just children who are at risk online. There are advantages and...

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Having read Article 47, I do not really see anything. We can do this relatively tightly. Where is the problem in Article 47 of the GDPR?

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I do not know that the Minister did so.

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Minister is quoting from Recital 47 rather than Article 47. Is that right?

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Okay.

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Yes, for the moment.

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will examine this matter again. I believe in the principle of my amendment. I have not seen anything in the main articles of the GDPR that prevents what I am proposing. I will examine the recital. I will press this amendment. If I am satisfied between now and Report Stage that there is an issue with what I am proposing, I will reconsider the matter on Report Stage. I am pressing...

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: There are a number of elements to this general area. The difficulty with what the State and the European Union are trying to do lies in the conflict between massive organisations and large corporations that handle enormous volumes of data and have great scope to abuse and exploit it, if they so wish, and small organisations that require data for their ongoing day-to-day functions. A...

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The difficulties with the section have been well outlined. There are a number of exceptions and qualifications which do not exist in the GDPR. I would be of the view that if we are going to try to have such a detailed piece of legislation it is probably likely to be the case that the legislation need not be as detailed and the GDPR be allowed to have direct effect in many respects. If we...

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will not oppose the section at this moment in time, just to take stock of the amendment that has just been made. I still maintain a view that I am not sure the section is required, but I will re-evaluate it in the context of the amendment that has been made.