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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I would like to address both Apple and Google, because the presentations we heard last week from UCD and the Data Protection Commissioner's office were very interesting on this subject. Would the witnesses agree with all the content in their submissions? The Data Protection Commissioner's office referred to the capability of the witnesses' companies now to translate audio clips into text...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I was interested because I got a fair number of queries from constituents who were coming to me saying that they thought their machine was listening to them and that it was affecting what they were getting. I can give a personal example. I was in the Dáil the week before last and I had a question for the Minister for Education and Skills during Question Time. I was briefly in my...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I did but the problem is that with this new device I do not have a clue, to be honest, what my security settings are. I should but the vast majority of people do not have a clue. Google is taking for consent what is not consent. When I open my Google search, what comes up in my Google feed is the ask Google Assistant. I could easily flick that on. I must have on that day because there is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Eamon Ryan: It says "Okay Google". I have just said "Okay Google". Am I being recorded now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Eamon Ryan: In the Google search thing, it has a little microphone thing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Now it has the little microphone logo on. Does that mean I am being recorded?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Eamon Ryan: No.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Many people have a real concern here, that the business model is driving this not just for use of that in my search history but in my advertising and it is that volume of data these companies have. They now know more about me than I know about myself. What the Data Protection Commissioner's office and the UCD academics said last week raised concerns rather than undermined this. There needs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Just to make one slight tongue-in-cheek comment, we have been chatting here, and every time Mr. Davis has said "Hey Siri"-----

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: International Summits (28 Nov 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 26. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his priorities for the upcoming COP25 discussions in Madrid. [49414/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Agreements (28 Nov 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 71. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans for Ireland to sign the Antarctic Treaty System; his further plans on becoming a signatory; and the timeline for such a process. [49592/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Nov 2019)

Eamon Ryan: On 14 October, we sent a letter collectively, as leaders, to Communicorp asking that it reverse its policy of excluding journalists from The Currencyand The Irish Timesfrom programmes on its radio stations. We got a cursory acknowledgement of the letter but nothing else since. At the same time the Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment sent a letter to the company...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Organic Farming Scheme (27 Nov 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Of those 55, how many are in the horticulture sector? I heard what the Minister of State said. While one can read the terms and conditions that are calibrated to support that, it has, however, singularly failed. Rather than wait for the next CAP scheme, which will probably be delayed so we will be talking about 2022 before it is finally agreed, we need to act now. In respect of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Organic Farming Scheme (27 Nov 2019)

Eamon Ryan: There were two.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Organic Farming Scheme (27 Nov 2019)

Eamon Ryan: We have a real problem if there were only two applications in horticulture. That was the first of the three targeted areas that were mentioned. If there were only two applications, that means that sector requires an immediate review and an effort is required to ignite some activity and interest in the horticultural sector. It has particular characteristics and needs. We need Irish...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Organic Farming Scheme (27 Nov 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I have. I advise the Minister of State to do something about it.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Organic Farming Scheme (27 Nov 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 37. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if changes will be made to the organic farming scheme assessment criteria which automatically favours larger farms over smaller farms in view of the fact that 50 of the available 125 marks are awarded based on a size threshold. [49105/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Organic Farming Scheme (27 Nov 2019)

Eamon Ryan: The recent opening and then closing of the organic scheme was really disappointing in that, of 225 applications, only 55 were ultimately successful. Many farmers put a huge amount of money, training and attention into this area and are bitterly disappointed. I understand that there was only one successful application in the area of horticulture at a time when we want to expand our...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Promotion (27 Nov 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 53. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to support local food production with particular reference to small farms and facilitating the production of vegetables. [49104/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Developing Ireland's Sustainable Transport System: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)

Eamon Ryan: All three presentations were hugely interesting and important. It is slightly difficult because they relate to three very different areas. Each of them in their own right deserve detailed attention. I will begin with Professor Morgenroth because he spoke about a subject close to my heart. It is interesting that today the Government has published its public consultation on the long-term...