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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I was due in-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (12 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: As I was skipped, I would just ask that the record be corrected in relation to a Canon Law comment that was made.

Seanad: Protocol No. 21 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: Motions (11 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I have a couple of concerns. I hope they can be addressed and reflected. We are talking about a combination of the three. My primary concern regards the exchange of Prüm data with the UK. There are concerns when we look at things like the fall of the privacy shield. The UK is effectively a third country in terms of EU data in certain circumstances. There are concerns about how data...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I do not think we need to spend very much longer on it. I welcomed the fact that the Minister included that issue in the annual report. It is the same point to which the Minister was previously very amenable, namely, that it is not simply about accessibility but also that participation and representation within audiovisual services could also be part of the report. I will not press the...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 74: In page 37, line 40, after “Minister” to insert “and the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media”. There is a mechanism in the Bill whereby the commission may enter into an agreement to co-operate with another body. The amendment proposes that the Minister be provided with a copy of that agreement. We...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I welcome the indication from the Minister. There is a difference between coming to account to a committee which, as we know, involves a minimal amount of time to deal with the huge number of issues, and having the appropriate document in order that it can be scrutinised and issues identified in order to provide accountability for the public. I hope there is co-operation. In some of my...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 75: In page 38, line 3, after “data” to insert “, where necessary and proportionate”. These amendments seek to ensure that the actions the commission may take are fully true to the letter and spirit of our obligations under the general data protection regulation, GDPR. Personal data may be disclosed to a number of different bodies. I am...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I thank the Minister for her engagement. Many of the concerns I have outlined in the amendments could be addressed by an appropriate data protection impact assessment. I recognise there is some necessity for proportionality in subsection (2), but I still have concerns with regard to regulations downstream. Data protection impact assessments are not necessarily long or arduous processes,...

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: As I expect that we may engage with this issue on Report Stage if the expert group has reported back in the meantime, and recognising the Minister's willingness to engage on amendments Nos. 80 and 81, I will not press the amendment.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 76: In page 38, to delete lines 8 and 9.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 77: In page 38, to delete line 10.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 78: In page 38, to delete lines 31 to 37.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 79: In page 38, line 34, after "Commission" to insert the following: ", having made all reasonable effort in the first instance to contact and seek the consent of a relevant complainant, considers making a disclosure if necessary".

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 80: In page 38, between lines 41 and 42, to insert the following: "(2A) Where an individual’s personal data is disclosed under this section, every reasonable effort shall be made to inform the individual of that disclosure and the relevant circumstances.".

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 81: In page 39, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: "(5A) Prior to making regulations under subsection (1) or subsection (2), the Minister shall subject the proposed regulations to a data protection impact assessment.".

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: It is.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: We are speaking on amendments Nos. 82 and 83.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: That is fine.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: This is the point to come in.

Seanad: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 May 2022)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Amendment No. 82 was co-sponsored by my colleague, Senator Black. The Minister would be aware of the excellent and extensive work Senator Black did in the past on the legislation on alcohol control and that area. We had very lengthy discussions on advertising and self-regulation and on the very significant concerns in that area around the inadequacies of self-regulatory mechanisms. It is...