Results 21-40 of 302 for data protection speaker:Leo Varadkar

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Feb 2022)

Leo Varadkar: ...the visibility of policing in urban and rural areas, especially when it comes to community gardaí. On CCTV, we have a problem and we are working through the issue at the moment. It is all around data protection. You can have CCTV. There is lots of it and we need more of it but somebody must agree to be the data controller. It is not good enough for public bodies to say they...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Rights (10 Feb 2022)

Leo Varadkar: ...honest with people. What happened in the pandemic is that people were told to work from home because we were in the middle of a public health emergency but there have been problems. The issue of data protection is one that we had to set aside because there was a public health emergency but no member of the public likes the idea of their personal data being on somebody's laptop in a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Contracts (26 Jan 2022)

Leo Varadkar: ...aware that, in the main, the Department and its Offices use the Office of Government Procurement's (OGP) standard tendering and contract templates in our procurement processes. As can be seen from the data below, and as outlined in the OGP Information Note “COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and Public Procurement”, for above threshold procurements a number of contracts were entered...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (16 Dec 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ...of positions on each board under the remit of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, is set out below in tabular form. I'm informed that the Department and its Agencies do not collect data on disabilities at board level but only at organisational level. State Board/Agency Number of Positions on Board Enterprise Ireland 12 ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Economic Growth (9 Dec 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ...across all sectors of the economy and all regions of the country. However, despite this disruption, the Irish economy has shown remarkable resilience. Using the latest quarterly national accounts data from the CSO, the economy grew by approximately 14.5% in GDP terms in the first nine months of 2021 compared with the equivalent nine months of 2020. While growth in 2020 was predominantly...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ...of lockdown but also a highly successful vaccination programme and a substantial reopening of the economy. We certainly have not always got things right as a Government, but we have always sought to protect lives and livelihoods as best we could, stepping in to protect jobs and businesses quickly and decisively. We are all very much aware of the rising cost of living and this budget...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Vaccination Programme (12 Oct 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ...employers, and employees, as more workplaces re-open and workers return to the physical workplace. In relation to the issue of employers determining the vaccination status of their employees the Data Protection Commissioner has made it clear that the matter of checking the vaccination status of an employee would require to be rooted in public health legislation as opposed to health and...

Confidence in Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence: Motion (15 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: Also, we brought in legislation to protect whistleblowers. We ended the link between big money” and politics, effectively banning corporate donations and donations of big money from wealthy individuals. Only one party in this House - Sinn Féin - flouts this law, in spirit and perhaps and letter, by routing its grubby millions through the United States and the United Kingdom....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Staff (9 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The disability quota of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment is set out below in tabular form. This data on the number and percentage of persons employed, both in the Department and in public bodies under its aegis, was compiled via an all-staff census as at 31stDecember 2020. This data is based on self-declaration of disability, by staff who disclosed having a disability. ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Data Centres (27 Jul 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment does not collect or store the type of detailed information requested on data centre location and employment by data centre. While not all data centres are operated by multi-national firms, IDA Ireland has further advised me that it does not maintain a register of data centres. In terms of full-time permanent employment in the data centres...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ...update report in the next week. Significant progress has been made since we started implementing the action plan, for example, the introduction of new personal injury guidelines. The latest data from the Personal Injuries Assessment Board, PIAB, indicate that payouts on claims made through that board have gone down 50% since the guidelines were introduced. We expect to see that...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (15 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ...face when trying to access decent work, when compared to the general population. One of the key lessons highlighted in the report is in relation to the need for robust and widespread disaggregated data in order to better understand equality in Ireland. There has been other recent work in this space with the publication of the report ‘Ireland's UN SDGs – Goal 8 Decent Work...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Data (3 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ...is a record allocation and will significantly bolster the capability of our enterprise and regulatory agencies to help businesses examine their Brexit exposure, seek advice, avail of customs training and make plans to protect their business. Enterprise Ireland’s ambition for 2021 is to sustain Irish jobs and exports and increase the resilience of the enterprise base with a view...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Data Protection (1 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The PQs referred to by the Deputy relate to issues on the enforcement of data protection law in this jurisdiction. I have no direct responsibility for the enforcement of data protection law. I am not in a position to comment on draft legislation in a separate jurisdiction. Having made enquiries, my officials inform me that our embassy in Washington is aware of the draft legislation and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Data Protection (1 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: It is not clear whether the Deputy is referring to cyber security breaches or more generally to personal data breaches under the GDPR, which would include the inadvertent disclosure of personal data to third parties.  Since 2018 there have been no cyber security breaches of ICT systems directly controlled and managed by my Department. In that period, there was one incident where...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Data Protection (20 May 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ...to take Questions Nos. 160, 164 and 165 together. My attention has been drawn to the fact that the US Senate is considering a draft Bill that targets jurisdictions with inadequate enforcement of data protection law. Based on contact with officials in the Department of Justice, the sense appears to be that this is squarely focused on China and it is unlikely that Ireland would end up on a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Data Protection (20 May 2021)

Leo Varadkar: Compliance with GDPR EU requirements is an ongoing process that changes over time in line with new and emerging data protection requirements. My Department and the Offices under its aegis have a number of comprehensive processes in place to meet the compliance requirements of the GDPR and data protection laws. This includes a full-time dedicated Data Protection Officer, general and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Data Protection (18 May 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I assume the Deputy is referring to personal data breaches under the General Data Protection Regulation (the "GDPR").  As the Deputy will be aware, the GDPR was introduced on 18th May 2018.  Information on personal data breaches for my Department and the Offices under the aegis of my Department from this date to the current date in 2021 is set out in the following Table. ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Advertising (12 May 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ...into Irish of the COVID-19 Supports for Businesses Document Template 861 Total June 2020 861 July 2020 Translation into Irish of Data Protection - Work Safely Protocol 135 July 2020 Translation into Irish of the COVID-19 Supports for Businesses Document Template ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Contracts (28 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ...Health and Safety Authority Consultancy services relating to a Regulatory Impact Analysis to identify and assess a range of possible options to ensure the availability of comprehensive and immediate data to support the protection of workers from COVID-19. This exercise is ongoing. KPMG €27,225 to date