Results 181-200 of 302 for data protection speaker:Leo Varadkar

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2016: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2016)

Leo Varadkar: ...the year and can only be updated in arrears. That could lead to a delay. Employers are only ever contacted on an individual, case-by-case basis and never on a bulk basis. We are keenly aware of our data protection obligations. Any personal data collected by the Department are collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes and are not further processed in any way that is...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Data Collection (6 Dec 2016)

Leo Varadkar: ...this information is to assist in the development of tailored personal progression plans for individual jobseekers in order to support them back into paid employment. The JobPath companies may use personal data only for the purposes of delivering the services for the Department. Employees of the JobPath companies, and their subcontractors, are subject to the same data protection laws as...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2016)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the committee for allowing me to present the Supplementary Estimate for the Department of Social Protection. I am seeking a Supplementary Estimate of €109 million for 2016. The purpose of this additional Estimate is to fund the Christmas bonus, which is being paid to Vote 37 for social assistance recipients this week. Overall, the Christmas bonus is estimated to cost...

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Report Stage (24 Nov 2016)

Leo Varadkar: ...to accept the amendment which calls for an annual analysis of child poverty rates and a report thereon to be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas and issued to the Joint Committee on Social Protection. There is already independent annual reporting of child poverty rates through the CSO in the survey on income and living conditions, SILC. The survey is carried out as part of an...

Other Questions: Jobs Initiative (22 Nov 2016)

Leo Varadkar: ...were any abuses that required publication then I would not have any difficulty doing that. I am sure, however, that the Deputy is not actually advising me, in this House, to disregard a ruling on data protection by the Office of the Information Commissioner. I hope that is not what he is seriously asking me to do. A previous Minister got into a lot of trouble for doing that sort of...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (22 Nov 2016)

Leo Varadkar: ...matters as people wanting to take part in community employment,CE, schemes in preference to JobPath, the application of reduced payment rates to people who refuse to participate in the service and data security. All of these issues are being resolved. For example, a protocol is now in place to enable people to take up CE placements rather than commence on JobPath where a placement is...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (22 Nov 2016)

Leo Varadkar: ...engagement with Seetec. The service was rolled out on a phased basis from mid-2015 and the first groups of participants have only recently completed their engagement period with the service. Data in respect of these participants is currently being compiled and the number of job placements is expected to be available in the coming weeks. Employees of Seetec, and their subcontractors,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Income Inequality (22 Nov 2016)

Leo Varadkar: .... NAPinclusion was recently updated for the extended period to 2017 to reflect new challenges and current policy responses to poverty. These include a greater focus on modernising the social protection system, improving effectiveness and efficiency of social transfers and strengthening active inclusion policies to address employment and social challenges. NAPinclusion will...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pensions (22 Nov 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The following table provides the data requested by the deputy for 2015 and 2016: - State Pension Contributory State Pension Non-Contributory Total - €000 €000 €000 2015 expenditure 4,475,691 972,206 5,447,897 Beneficiaries at end December 2015 - State Pension Contributory State Pension Non-Contributory Total Recipients 361,725 95,179 456,904 Qualified adults...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2016: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2016)

Leo Varadkar: ...in respect of children who are ordinarily resident in the State. This measure will bring the conditionality of the supplementary welfare allowance scheme into line with other Department of Social Protection schemes. The supplementary welfare allowance scheme is a safety net within the overall social welfare system and provides assistance to eligible people who are in the State whose...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Bill 2016: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2016)

Leo Varadkar: My apologies. The proposed amendment calls for an annual analysis of child poverty rates and an independent report thereon to be issued to the Minister and the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Social Protection. There is already independent annual reporting of child poverty rates through the Central Statistics Office survey on income and living conditions, SILC, which is carried out as part of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (2 Nov 2016)

Leo Varadkar: ...this information is to assist in the development of a tailored personal progression plan for the individual jobseeker in order to support them back into paid employment. The JobPath companies may use jobseekers’ data only for the purposes of delivering employment services for the Department. Data is transmitted securely from the Department to the companies using secure...

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2016)

Leo Varadkar: ...Síochána, as will funding for the new forensic science laboratory, which is a very important facility. Budgetary increases have also been provided for regulatory bodies like the Charities Regulatory Authority and the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Jobseeker's Allowance (6 Oct 2016)

Leo Varadkar: ...rates in encouraging young jobseekers to avail of education, training, employment programmes and opportunities. As part of a wider effort to encourage and promote research based on the Department’s administrative data, researchers from the National University of Ireland Maynooth have been provided with data on all jobseeker's allowance claims since 2007 for persons aged under 28...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Anti-Poverty Strategy (6 Oct 2016)

Leo Varadkar: Under this Scheme my Department supports small-scale research projects, or week long academic summer schools, under a programme of research innovation awards known as the Department of Social Protection Research Innovation Awards (DSPRIA). Awards under this programme are confined to academics and researchers in third level institutions, with applications for awards assessed by an...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Data Protection (27 Sep 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The Department has a dedicated unit, the Business Information Security Unit, which oversees information security and data protection compliance across the Department.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (27 Sep 2016)

Leo Varadkar: ...year. This research will provide a, quantitative, evaluation of the standard of service delivery provided by the Jobpath providers. The JobPath providers are registered with the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner and are subject to the provisions of data protection legislation. The providers are obliged to observe the principles of data protection, which requires that...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Sep 2016)

Leo Varadkar: Analysis in the Social Inclusion Monitor 2014 shows the crucial role that Ireland’s social protection system plays in alleviating poverty, cushioning people from the worst effects of unemployment and ensuring an adequate standard of living. Using Eurostat data for 2014, social transfers (excluding pensions) reduced the at-risk-of-poverty rate in Ireland from 37.2% to 15.6%, thereby...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Data Protection (16 Sep 2016)

Leo Varadkar: I confirm that to date neither the Department nor I have had correspondence with the Data Protection Commissioner regarding the ability of a Minister or a Department to comment on an individual case. The Department does not comment on individual cases and it takes its data protection responsibilities with the utmost seriousness. It is my intention to seek guidance from the Data Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Tax Data (16 Sep 2016)

Leo Varadkar: ...for the self-employed in 1988. Employees who also have unearned income, including rental income, pay PRSI on that unearned income, at the Class K rate of 4% since 2014. The Department of Social Protection does not receive data on the individual sources of self-employed or unearned income. It is, therefore, not possible to provide details of the amount of PRSI charged on rental income.