Results 1-20 of 36 for data protection speaker:Paul Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Sharing Arrangements (20 Sep 2017)

Paul Murphy: 711. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps that have been taken in sharing the personal data of those claiming social protection payments with driver licence data held by the RSA; the purpose of this project; if her departmental staff are to be involved in roadside checks; her views on the data rights of claimants; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Protection (20 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: 412. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she agrees that the report from her Department given to the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee in December 2019, which stated that her Department received free travel pass “usage data” which “indicates that a FT Travel pass was used at a particular time and date” and that “this data...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (20 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: 409. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views in relation to the finding of the Data Protection Committee that her Department improperly gathered data through the public services card (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29266/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Services Card (20 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: 271. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in light of the finding of the Data Protection Committee that the Department of Social Protection improperly gathered data through the Public Service Card, his views on whether the call in June 2018 by the then-Secretary General at his Department for a ban on those with free travel passes from public transport during rush hour was...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Protection (29 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: 323. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm if a jobseeker is obligated to share personal data with a third-party private company (details supplied); the exact scope of the data they are legally required to disclose; the mechanisms of data processing; whether the data could be transferred outside Ireland/the EU; and what safety measures are in place,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Protection (21 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: 143. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a jobseeker is obligated to share personal data with a third-party private company, such as Seetec, contracted by the Government and acting as a Government agent; and if it is mandatory for a jobseeker to provide data and details such as past employment, names, addresses or any potential future data or details that may...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Data Protection (4 Nov 2014)

Paul Murphy: 978. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if customer data sent outside the European Economic Area by Irish Water will have the standard of protection that would be expected of data held here. [40974/14]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Retention (20 Nov 2019)

Paul Murphy: 325. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the length of time her Department retains data on the route, time and date of journeys taken by individual public service travel pass users in view of the fact that the Secretary General of her Department acknowledged to the Committee of Public Accounts that data is retained. [48108/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Data Protection (26 Apr 2022)

Paul Murphy: 178. To ask the Taoiseach his views in relation to the process of data collection and handling of census forms that the Data Protection Commissioner should investigate if, in fact the current processes in place are current and compliant with EU and National GDPR regulation; and if people's information is being handled by the CSO in line with best practices. [20182/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Contracts (19 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: ...for workplace health and safety assessments on behalf of her Department is not accessible to those with mobility issues; if she will ensure that Medmark is compliant with Article 15 of the General Data Protection Regulation, which grants individuals the right to request a copy of their personal data being processed by controllers, as well as other relevant information; and if she will make...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Paul Murphy: I will add a point on law enforcement information being shared. As far as I know, that matter is covered in the Data Protection Act 2018 which transposed the law enforcement directive. That Act deals with the area and explains the circumstances in which law enforcement information can be shared with other necessary bodies. Nothing that is being proposed would undo it.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (20 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: ...claims that the landlord was asking tenants for their HAP pin number - as per the email your office received on 25 May 2023 (details supplied); and if he will consider that this a serious breach of data protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29357/23]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Human Rights and Civil Liberty Considerations (9 Sep 2020)

Paul Murphy: ...that 1% of flights from Dublin Airport are to Romania but that over 50% of the checks of flights took place where the destination was Romania. It was very blatant targeting. I want to focus on the data protection aspect. There is at least anecdotal evidence to suggest the Department had access to the registers of the ferry and airline companies, which would, prima facie, be a breach of...

Questions on Promised Legislation (3 May 2018)

Paul Murphy: I raise the very important issue of identity fraud. Does the Government have plans to introduce measures to deal with it in the Data Protection Bill? I am aware of the case of a constituent of mine, Mr. Adam Keane, who has been convicted of a driving offence, despite not being able to drive, in what appears to be a clear case of stolen identity. He faced a similar situation on two previous...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (19 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: ...companies, 14 of the top 15 medical technology companies and 18 of the top financial services companies. We know that Ireland Inc. markets itself globally as having low corporation tax, low data protection and low regulation. Is part of this driven by showing we are not trying to put too onerous burdens on corporations?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (29 Nov 2022)

Paul Murphy: ...out fossil fuels. The failure to recognise that and include it in the text speaks to the power of the fossil fuel lobbyists, 636 of whom were present at COP27, and the commitment of governments to protect the interests of big oil and gas. We have the same text as came from COP26 - efforts towards the phase-out of inefficient fossil fuel subsidies. Now we have reference to an increase in...

Housing Solutions: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Paul Murphy: ...an end to one-night only beds and rolling beds, to be replaced with 24-hour short-term beds. They further demand: that an immediate, feasible rent cap be put in place, be it permanent or temporary, to protect people from evictions; HAP be granted before the lease is signed and that tenants should be under no obligation under the Data Protection Act to declare to landlords that they are...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Feb 2022)

Paul Murphy: ...last month. We know the risks here in terms of admission to ICT, hospitalisation, the impact on the rest of the health service and the 10% who will suffer from long Covid. In light of all of that data, is it not correct to take a cautious approach in terms of lifting the recommendation on masks and in the context of the public health guidance that is in place to protect people?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Legal Cases (11 Jul 2023)

Paul Murphy: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Yesterday, the Data Protection Commission fined the Department of Health €22,500 for excessive and disproportionate eliciting of sensitive personal details about the private lives of people who had taken legal action against the State over access to supports for children with special educational needs. It came after the exposure of this practice by...

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Paul Murphy: ...because of the sharp increase in road deaths. They think it is no longer fit for purpose. The RSA has refused to release details of collisions to local authorities for the past eight years on data protection grounds that are spurious and that even the Data Protection Commissioner says are bogus. The RSA busies itself with handing out 40,000 hi-vis vests to two- and three-year-olds in...