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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Contracts (20 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: 1926. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) per annum since March 2011, in tabular form by her Department or any agency or body under the aegis of her Department; the cost per contract; the basis for each contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27447/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (20 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: 2026. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) per annum since March 2011, in tabular form by her Department or any agency or body under the aegis of her Department; the cost per contract; the basis for each contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27456/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency (20 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: 2158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the role of the National Building Agency, NBA; if the agency currently employs staff members; the number of board members currently appointed to the NBA; the name of each person; the most recent remuneration figures for board members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26736/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Contracts Data (20 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: 2199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) per annum since March 2011, in tabular form by his Department or any agency or body under the aegis of his Department; the cost per contract; the basis for each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27451/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Contracts Data (20 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: 2284. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) per annum since March 2011, in tabular form by his Department or agency or body under the aegis of his Department; the cost per contract; the basis for each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27449/17]

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (14 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: There are many problems facing the Irish people. Finding a house to live in and to rent is certainly one of them. Solving the housing and homelessness crisis will be one of the big challenges facing the Taoiseach-to-be. Many things need to be done. The new Taoiseach will need to challenge the fact that this is one of the few countries in the developed world that does not tax landbanking....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Data Protection Bill 2017: Discussion (14 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: On the same subject, are phone operators obliged to tell us if anyone has asked them for access to our communications?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Data Protection Bill 2017: Discussion (14 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: I have one last question. At present, a garda above the rank of superintendent can give permission to a lower-ranked garda to monitor a person in some ways related to communications. All these things do not have to go through the courts or the Minister for Justice and Equality. I presume Ms Dixon is aware of that. Does she think it is right that gardaí do not have to go to court for that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Data Protection Bill 2017: Discussion (14 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: For example, if gardaí wanted to put a tracking device on a vehicle, they do not have to go to court to get permission. Anyone above the rank of superintendent can give permission to a garda of a lower rank to go ahead and do it. They do not have to go through the courts to do it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Data Protection Bill 2017: Discussion (14 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: Under the current system, the judge undertakes a one-hour review of all the cases for the year at the end of the year, and it is an outrageous arrangement. There is absolutely zero transparency and accountability for how that operates. Is that outside Ms Dixon's field or does it fall within her remit?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Data Protection Bill 2017: Discussion (14 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: I thank the witness for her presentation. Article 51 of the GDPR requires member states to establish an independent authority to monitor and enforce the GDPR. Under the new Bill, the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner will be reconfigured as a data protection commission which, depending on the workload, may be assigned more than one commissioner. In 2016, Digital Rights Ireland...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Data Protection Bill 2017: Discussion (14 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: We see a pattern of the Government being keen to keep a firm hand on organisations. For example, in the case of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, which we would argue was designed to fail, it made sure it failed by giving it as little money as possible. How effective will the commission be if the Government pulls its strings too closely? On a separate issue, I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Data Protection Bill 2017: Discussion (14 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: I wish to follow up on the points that Deputy Jim O'Callaghan and Deputy Jack Chambers made around all these compensation claims ending up in the courts. God knows, there could be many of them since the provisions are expanding beyond material damage. Does anyone in Europe deal with this through a data protection commission rather than automatically going through the courts? Does everyone...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Data Protection Bill 2017: Discussion (14 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: The people with deep pockets are still going to be hard to beat when it ends up in court, are they not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Data Protection Bill 2017: Discussion (14 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: It was a question, but he is not answering it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Data Protection Bill 2017: Discussion (14 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: I thank Mr. Carroll for his presentation. I promise I will not talk for too long. I do not understand this matter as much as I would like to yet, but we will get there eventually. It is very complex and I can see problems on both sides. It will be very hard to get the legislation perfect in any form. In April of this year, the Germans approved a bill giving effect to the General Data...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Data Protection Bill 2017: Discussion (14 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: To follow up on Deputy Clare Daly's point about the Health Identifiers Act 2014, there is a plan to introduce an identity card. It is said it will not be compulsory. However, one will not be able to get a passport or driving licence without it, so the reality is that it will be compulsory. With the potential of cyberattacks and God knows what else now, and given that so much data seems to...

Report on Recognition of Traveller Ethnicity: Motion (1 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: Right.

Report on Recognition of Traveller Ethnicity: Motion (1 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: The strategy states the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government will ring fence the budget for Traveller accommodation and put in place robust mechanisms to monitor expenditure and delivery, including periodic reviews to assess progress in meeting needs, and that the Department will assess whether there are any barriers to Travellers accessing social housing. There is...

Report on Recognition of Traveller Ethnicity: Motion (1 Jun 2017)

Mick Wallace: As the Minister of State has just said, to define Travellers as an ethnic group does not entitle them to any additional rights and protections. While the recent decision to recognise Traveller ethnicity is a symbolic step and a well-deserved victory for the Traveller community who have fought so long and hard for it, it will be meaningless if the Government fails to follow through with...