Results 1-20 of 26 for data protection speaker:Jennifer Whitmore

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (3 Dec 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister for his response. I am pleased to hear that he has already made contact with experts. He mentioned that the Attorney General has given advice in regard to data protection. Previously, there was confusion as a result of the advice from different Attorneys General in regard to data protection. It is important to have clarity in this regard. Survivor groups have...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Protection (8 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 740. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if clients that are not comfortable providing personal data and information to Turas Nua will have failure to attend and or participate on their file; the reassurance that can be provided to persons to ensure that their personal data and information is fully protected by the company; and if she will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (3 Dec 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: The recent debates about the mother and baby homes situation brought into stark reality how important it is to have clarity on data protection, what rules will apply and who will be applying them to ensure we have a data protection system that is fit for purpose and has the needs of the survivors at its heart. To what extent has the Minister sourced and consulted international and national...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Protection (8 Sep 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 741. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if clients of a company (details supplied) can formally request a copy of their files directly from the company; if clients must request her Department directly for data subject to access rights; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22194/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals and Departmental Priorities: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (3 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...it will underpin much of the work that we do as we go forward. On 16 October, the Minister stated in the Seanad that he had been advised by the Attorney General that the right to access personal data in Article 15 of the general data protection regulation is expressly restricted by section 35 of the Commissions of Investigations Act 2004. The Minister repeated that point on 22 October in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Animal Diseases (22 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...within the remit of the Minister of State. However, this is within the remit of the Minister of State. From a conservation perspective, we should take the precautionary approach and decide to protect and conserve our species. We must have the scientific data to do that. We do not have it in this instance. I appeal to the Minister of State to look further and perhaps talk to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Online Safety (3 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts he is making to ensure online safety for children using remote learning applications in conjunction with their schools; if data protection guidelines were sent to schools in advance of them setting up remote learning networks; his views on whether the current use of remote learning applications is in line with the national...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Online Safety (3 Jun 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: 1033. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the efforts she is making to ensure online safety for children using remote learning applications in conjunction with their schools; if data protection guidelines were sent to schools in advance of them setting up remote learning networks; her views on whether the current use of remote learning applications is in line with the national...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals and Departmental Priorities: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (3 Nov 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...of the reports? It will be a difficult time for them. I will also ask about the two advices from the Office of the Attorney General. Was the office specifically asked about the general data protection regulation, GDPR? I am confused as to how it gave such different responses. Was it asked the same thing about GDPR and its application to the Bill and the 2004 Act?

Data Centre Moratorium: Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — the data centre sector in Ireland is undergoing a surge in development, with approximately 70 data centres constructed, representing a 25 per cent increase on last year, a further eight under construction and between 25-30 more in the planning stages; — a substantial amount of public funding has been spent on...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...will be triggered by this Bill, and regardless of what the Minister has said those survivors will not be able to access their information. I do not understand how the primary legislation around data protection and GDPR does not apply to this database. Many speakers have referred to Dr. Maeve O'Rourke who has done a huge amount of work in this area. Dr. O'Rourke has outlined that the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...be able to access their own stories and also a clause in the 2004 Commissions of Investigation Act that the commission is required to retain all evidence it receives. It has been reported that the Data Protection Commissioner, DPC, has contacted the commission regarding the destruction of these files. However, the commission is due to be dissolved on 28 February, which is only a few...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Engagement with the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth (16 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...in a few weeks' time. The Minister is still trying to establish the legality or illegality of its action. The survivors have said they did not give consent and many have gone to the Garda and the Data Protection Commission, DPC, about this. There is an obvious need to provide time to allow survivors to get answers to these questions and to allow for any examination or investigations to...

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...Culturally, we are very connected with our sea and maritime areas. That goes for every community, whether it is Wexford town, Arklow, Wicklow or the west coast. What we have not done to date is protect it properly. That is where our focus has not been. We have not focused on ensuring that we manage it sustainably and look after it for future generations. That is where this Bill should...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...for the investor court system despite international comparative analysis revealing the threat these investor courts have on countries' ability to regulate for increased climate and environmental protections? The environmental chapter of CETA is very weak when it comes to legal enforceability in contrast to the strong provisions to protect investors and any references to sustainability,...

National Oil Reserves Agency (Amendment) and Provision of Central Treasury Services Bill 2020: Second Stage (15 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...various climate action projects that aim to reduce our carbon emissions, mitigate climate change and facilitate a just transition. My amendments also outline the need to increase our focus on the protection and preservation of biodiversity and natural heritage. This is something I feel strongly about and which has been the poor relation to climate action policy. As a legislator, I am...

Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (24 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...not be made; — that without access to these testimonies, it removes the ability of survivors to refute various conclusions as set out in the Commission’s report; — several witnesses have made complaints to the Data Protection Commission (DPC) pursuant to the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018, and to An Garda...

Household Utility Bills Support: Motion [Private Members] (3 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...to invest in the energy needs of people, households and communities, especially those most vulnerable during transition. As part of a just transition model, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul has called for protections for low-income households and vulnerable customers from energy price increases, an improvement in access to, and take-up of, energy efficient schemes, and an improvement...

Home Heating Fuels: Motion [Private Members] (26 Apr 2022)

Jennifer Whitmore: ...to convey that message properly and to be honest and truthful with people about what the carbon tax was, how much was going to be taken in and where it was going to be applied. The Government also failed to protect people and to assist them to meet their climate change and energy needs in a way that could be done in balance with our environmental requirements. That has caused significant...