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- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Just that. I see an awful lot of taxpayers’ money about to be wasted in court. We legislated for the Data Protection Commission, DPC, to do a job. It has done it. We do not like the sound of it, however. The language used in the correspondence sent to the DPC suggested it was a State agency and should get with the programme. It suggested the Department is not happy with this and...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)
Marc MacSharry: When fines come in, where will that money go?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)
Marc MacSharry: The commission has some legal fees. It has eight senior legal advisers. What is the expertise? Are they barristers or solicitors?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)
Marc MacSharry: When the commission goes to court with its 25 litigation cases, does that internal team handle those?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I might suggest that 20 in-house legal practitioners would be a reasonably sized firm, not a small one.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)
Marc MacSharry: How does the commission select firms or barristers for individual litigation cases?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Does the commission tender not per case but for a year or two?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Who are the current legal advisers?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)
Marc MacSharry: That is coming up for tender again and will go through the normal process. How does the commission’s costs compare to our European counterparts?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Yes, the overall costs.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)
Marc MacSharry: If a ruling is made in another member state, is it the case that there is no appeals process?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I note on the commission’s website that there is an option for making a protected disclosure. Has there been any made internally?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)
Marc MacSharry: When a case is closed, whatever the outcome, are there any follow-up interviews to assess the complainant’s satisfaction with the process?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I understand that. At the end of the process and it is closed, is there a policy of asking the person if they were satisfied with the process? It would be like an exit interview when one leaves a company.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (26 Sep 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Have there been protected disclosures in the commission?
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Appeals (26 Sep 2019)
Marc MacSharry: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when persons (details supplied) in County Leitrim will have a decision on their appeal lodged to the school transport appeals board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39177/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (26 Sep 2019)
Marc MacSharry: 169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether there is an urgent need for reform of the taxi system at Dublin Airport and the requirement for taxi drivers to have permits to operate there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39121/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (26 Sep 2019)
Marc MacSharry: 170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the reform of taxi operations at Dublin Airport following the recent DAA consultation process with the stakeholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39122/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (26 Sep 2019)
Marc MacSharry: 171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to intervene and liberalise the taxi system at Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39123/19]