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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EirGrid: Chairman Designate (26 Nov 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Mr. Tuohy is the chair designate and is no longer a civil servant.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EirGrid: Chairman Designate (26 Nov 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I wish Mr. Tuohy the best of luck and commend the Government on making a very good appointment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Eamon Ryan: We had some good discussions at the recent international grand committee and at the think tank we had in the Westin Hotel. I recall at that event that experts from the Carnegie UK Trust explained the duty of care process, which was all about process design and the ability of states or regulators to set out in clear terms the design processes. It was not the case that we would just rely on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Eamon Ryan: At the international grand committee, the Data Protection Commissioner, Ms Helen Dixon, said that this process of starting the GDPR has been in existence for 18 months. Has the European regulator seen cases coming through using Article 25 and asking questions about that consent process and what consent is? Will that legal process drive this as well or is it just coming from the data...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Eamon Ryan: The DPC has an extensive workload, and a significant responsibility because, as Mr. Tuohy said earlier, 100,000 people are working in this sector and we want to have a good reputation. Does the DPC have all the necessary resources or does it need additional staffing resources from the State to manage the workload?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Eamon Ryan: A clear message from all this work, particularly that of the international grand committee, is that the DPC has a critical role. It was reckless and wrong of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to turn down the application for additional resources and that decision should be reversed. On voice listening devices, Dr. Cowan stated that we must take into consideration that if we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Eamon Ryan: An increasing number of tech companies and governments insist that attendees do not bring their phones into private meetings. Does Dr. Cowan recommend that members of an Oireachtas committee should leave their phones outside the room while the committee is in private session?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I refer to public concern about this issue. Mr. Sunderland stated: "Voice assistants record user audio clips and convert those clips into a text form that acts as an input to online services such as search, weather, shopping" and so on. Many people have contacted members regarding verbal content recorded on their home voice device being converted into data that influences their search or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I have discussed this matter with my teenage children, who have given up and trade access for everything. Dr. Cowan may be examining the issue of whether there is an underlying flaw in the basic business model whereby we have given up our personal data in return for free access and, in turn, the companies have this incredible surveillance capability and advertising power. Is Dr. Cowan...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Money is required for UCD as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I do not disagree.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition (Worker and Community Environmental Rights) Bill 2018: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I thank our witnesses. I particularly appreciate the supportive comments from ICTU and others on this Bill. I think they get it in the sense that the scale of the challenge in meeting our climate change targets means that we are changing everything. It is system change at scale. We are changing our energy, transport, food and industrial systems for the better of the Irish public, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition (Worker and Community Environmental Rights) Bill 2018: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I ask the Department to indicate the status of that body of work. Why has the Government side tracked the NESC review and proceeded with the appointment of a commissioner without knowing the contents of that review?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition (Worker and Community Environmental Rights) Bill 2018: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Mr. Carroll said earlier that the details of Mr. Mulvey's appointment have yet to be finalised. When does he expect the commission to be established?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition (Worker and Community Environmental Rights) Bill 2018: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Eamon Ryan: The Government's original plan set out that the just transition commission would report to the Taoiseach's Department. Historically, that Department has been at the centre of the partnership approach. That has been changed, with the commissioner reporting to the Department. Does that signify a certain downgrading of the authority or influence of the commission?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition (Worker and Community Environmental Rights) Bill 2018: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Eamon Ryan: It seems from Mr. Carroll's comments that his main criticism of the Bill is that too much power and accountability are being devolved to bodies outside the Department or Government structures. I am interested in the unions' perspective on this. As skilled as Mr. Mulvey is, in the absence of some of the structures we are suggesting in our Bill, in the absence of the necessary resources and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition (Worker and Community Environmental Rights) Bill 2018: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Eamon Ryan: What resources will Mr. Mulvey have?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition (Worker and Community Environmental Rights) Bill 2018: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I have the highest regard for Mr. Carroll's Department but I always had the sense - I have said it to the Minister and will reiterate it to him later when he comes in - that since it covers communications, digital policy, natural resources, the environment and climate action with 250 civil servants, it is stretched beyond its capability if it is to take on additional functions. What I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition (Worker and Community Environmental Rights) Bill 2018: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I have a question for the trade union officials, which any of them may answer. My central point is that this is partnership architecture that allows for a wider range of stakeholders to be deployed in a variety of circumstances. I would be interested in hearing their view on the prospect. At the committee meeting the other day, a question was asked about having a slightly slimmed down just...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition (Worker and Community Environmental Rights) Bill 2018: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Eamon Ryan: On that point about compatibility, and we had an interesting discussion with the various trade unions groups on this, in the final draft of this we decided not to give that excessive power. We felt it was better as a mediation service. Section 37 states that where the commission has attempted to resolve a dispute referred to it under this section and such conference or the employment of...