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Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 9:In page 10, to delete lines 34 to 38, and in page 11, to delete lines 1 to 30 and substitute the following:"9. (1) In this Act, "public body" means—(a) a company (within the meaning of the Act of 2014 or a former enactment relating to companies within the meaning of section 5 of that Act) a majority of the shares in which are held by or on behalf of a Minister of...

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: When we speak of unintended consequences, this is exactly what I am seeking to avert. Entities are listed in two lists under two different definitions.I recognise that the Minister of State needs to have a different definition in the Bill but I suggest that, perhaps in the section on definitions, he seeks to clarify that, for example, the definition of public bodies in the Bill relates to...

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I understand the reason for the differentiation but am suggesting that that must be made clear in the legislation. It does not really address the issue of entities being wholly or partly funded by the State because although the Minister of State gave the example of local authorities, another example is a company providing homecare services and which is partly funded by the State and needs to...

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I will not press the amendment. Section 18, on which the Minister of State touched, could be strengthened to address this issue. I hope I will be able to engage with him on how section 18 and the content of the data sharing agreement could perhaps make the protections more robust and be a way of approaching that issue.

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 13:In page 15, line 4, to delete “body.” and substitute the following:“body, and (f) the sharing of personal data is necessary and proportionate.”. Amendments Nos. 13 and 16 relate to necessity and proportionality, which are the guiding principles that underpin the GDPR. Again, this is about making clear that that test is being applied. In...

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Amendment No. 17 is a technical amendment. It is clear. There is a little bit of ambiguity here. I regard it as a different issue and therefore a different discussion, but it relates to the ambiguity around the lead agencies and data sharing, and where that stands. Consider the situation where there are data controllers within two public bodies, for example, in the context of discussion...

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: While someone might not be sent around the houses, which I understand from the reference to the lead agency - in fairness to the Minister of State, he has affirmed it - it would be useful to affirm it in the Bill to be clear that it does not in any way prejudice someone's right to call to each of the relevant houses. Having heard what the Minister of State had to say, I almost reinforce the...

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I appreciate the frank acknowledgement by the Minister of State. I am happy to consider section 55(c) which is about public consultation. The Minister of State referenced the statement the data protection officer might make. It would be useful for the public if the data protection officer did not simply say he or she was satisfied but if he or she were to indicate under the section in a...

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 19:In page 33, line 35, after “registry” to insert the following:“other than where that information may be sought or collected on the basis of direct consent of the person or data subject”. This potentially is one of the more sinister aspects of the Bill and it would be a source of real concern if it was not amended.Under section 42, there is...

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I am concerned that there seems to be a misunderstanding about the word "proportionate". It is not a once-off test on necessity and being proportionate-----

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: -----but I am saying that each individual thing that happens requires the test of necessity and proportionality.

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Each individual thing that happens has a test of what is the appropriate way. Things will happen between citizens and public bodies, where consent is an appropriate mechanism. Right now the Bill states clearly that the public body shall not collect or use such information for that purpose from a source other than the designated base registry. That source includes the individual, the data...

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I withdraw my amendment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Crosscare Emigrant Support Service: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I thank the witnesses for their presentation and for the work that Crosscare has done in recent decades. It has been very important for multiple generations of emigrants and, indeed, immigrants to Ireland. I echo what Deputy Bríd Smith stated. Over 200,000 young people left Ireland. In this same committee we have heard presentations about pensions - another key focus - which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Crosscare Emigrant Support Service: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: That makes great sense as does the idea of almost proactively looking to when visas expire to make that offer. I have two very specific follow-up points. First, I was very concerned about what Ms McAvoy said about naturalised citizens and particularly that they might be having a humiliating or degrading experience. Is there concern, if not about racial profiling, then about persons who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Crosscare Emigrant Support Service: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Was it in 2009 or 2010, in particular when one is speaking about a common travel area, that the right to residence became somewhat conditional, that is, was being linked to secure employment etc.? How does that have an impact? I know it affects persons who have been resident in other common travel areas of the EU for a period and who have previously moved over. In terms of the contexts we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Crosscare Emigrant Support Service: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Do immigrants from other EU states interact much with Crosscare's services?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Crosscare Emigrant Support Service: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: There is a different set of rules.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Crosscare Emigrant Support Service: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: There are different entitlements.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Crosscare Emigrant Support Service: Discussion (28 Jun 2018)

Alice-Mary Higgins: May I ask one question?