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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (16 May 2017)

John McGuinness: Is there no clear message from it that could be taken by Ireland in relation to those trade deals?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

John McGuinness: I have a different point of view. I believe you have too much information. It concerns me greatly that the State is collecting and sharing information, given what I know about what is generally described as a failure of the system or systemic failures whereby people are able to access information they should not be able to access. It also concerns me given the example of Tusla. I am not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

John McGuinness: The point I am making is that the data, the information, is already collected. As Mr. Lowry says, there is already extensive information within Departments or agencies about individuals. There is also misinformation, or incorrect information, created within organisations and agencies about individuals. I do not know who has information about me and I can name the individuals who are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

John McGuinness: Across the board.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

John McGuinness: I would ask that before that legislation is introduced that the Office of the Data Commission should look at, for example, the Members of this House and how they control the data they have. I will use my own situation as an example. I was elected in 1997 and now have 15,000 files, not created randomly, but created by people who gave us their birth certificates, wills, medical circumstances,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

John McGuinness: I do not question that Mr. Carroll wants to get this right but take the example he has given where the data protection officer reports to the highest level. The risk managers in banks have legal obligations. They report to the highest level in the banks and thereafter to the Central Bank. If they had all been doing their jobs, we would not have had the crash. It is fine to define it in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

John McGuinness: It is nice to hear of a common-sense approach. We are short of it in this House.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (18 May 2017)

John McGuinness: I will not delay the delegates any longer. I would like to see the application of common-sense and experiences in this country in how legislation is constructed. I would not necessarily be led by the European Union which is too nosy. I thank the delegates for their attendance. I am sorry that I missed the presentations, but I was attending a conference on how to make presentations to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Bullying in the Workplace (23 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 526. To ask the Minister for Health if he will initiate an independent investigation into allegations of bullying and harassment in the workplace regarding a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that all actions taken to date were not independent and have not yielded resolution; and if he will expedite the matter. [24635/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Records (23 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 527. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 453 of 4 April 2017, if part of the response to this will be issued directly by HIQA (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24636/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)

John McGuinness: The Deputy has proposed that the committee should seek legal opinion on certain aspects of the GDPR, and specifically on whether the sharing of data requires a legislative legal basis, as opposed to the memorandums that are proposed under head 4 of the draft heads.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of Data-Sharing and Governance Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)

John McGuinness: We are taking the point. We will take on board the request that has been made. I want to get the agreement of the committee to seek a legal opinion from the legal service of the Houses of the Oireachtas. Is that agreed? Okay. I wanted to get that formally agreed while everyone who has been involved in the discussion is here. Are Members happy with that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee (25 May 2017)

John McGuinness: We will go into private session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)

John McGuinness: We will go into public session to resume our consideration of Brexit and will consider matters relating to customs, trade and tariffs. I welcome Mr. Niall Cody and his colleagues to the meeting along with Mr. Brian Keegan, director of public policy and tax at Chartered Accountants Ireland, and Ms Carol Lynch, partner at BDO Ireland. I draw the attention of witnesses to the fact that by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)

John McGuinness: I thank Mr. Cody. I call Mr. Keegan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)

John McGuinness: I thank Mr. Keegan. I call Ms Lynch.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)

John McGuinness: I thank Ms Lynch. I call Senator Conway-Walsh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)

John McGuinness: The Deputy has used his allocated time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)

John McGuinness: Would Mr. Keegan like to comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2017)

John McGuinness: There should be no arguing between people on the same side of the room.