Results 21-40 of 127 for data protection speaker:Norma Foley

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Contracts (8 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: ...wheelchair access. Medmark therefore has an arrangement in place with a neighbouring building in this location to readily facilitate assessments to those with mobility issues on request. Medmark is governed by the Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and has confirmed that it is committed to complying with its obligations regarding any...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: ...This will involve further development of the existing DEIS programme, to create a more dynamic resource allocation model where levels of resources more accurately follow the levels of need identified by objective data. To support this work my Department has invited the OECD Strength Through Diversity: Education for Inclusive Societies Project to review the current policy approach for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: ...This will involve further development of the existing DEIS programme, to create a more dynamic resource allocation model where levels of resources more accurately follow the levels of need identified by objective data. To support this work my Department has invited the OECD Strength Through Diversity: Education for Inclusive Societies Project to review the current policy approach for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (7 Nov 2023)

Norma Foley: ...identification model aimed to identify those schools with the highest levels of disadvantage or the highest proportion of students from disadvantaged backgrounds within a school using the school’s enrolment data and national census data as represented by the Pobal HP Deprivation index which is publicly available. The development of this model involved an extensive body of work...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Contracts (19 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: ...to allow for wheelchair access. Medmark therefore have an arrangement in place with a neighbouring building to readily facilitate assessments to those with mobility issues on request. Medmark is governed by the Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Officials in my Department will undertake to raise this issue with them.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Data Protection (17 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy will be aware, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect on 25 May 2018 and any personal data breaches since its introduction are dealt with under the Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018. Article 4 of the GDPR defines a data breach as “‘a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Data Protection (3 Oct 2023)

Norma Foley: Please see below in tabular form the number of data breaches that occurred in my Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023, and the numbers which were reported to the Data Protection Commission (the remainder were deemed to be of no risk due to their nature and therefore were not required to be reported to the DPC). Year No. of Breaches No. of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (26 Sep 2023)

Norma Foley: The Primary Online Database (POD), which has been in place since 2015, is a live web based database which allows primary schools to manage and record enrolments in their schools. A school’s enrolment on the Census date, generally the end of September in a given academic year, is the basis for calculating the capitation grant due to the school. POD is also the means by which the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (13 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: ...and to collate expressions of interest in vacancies. An assessment process is undertaken by PAS leading to the creation of a list of candidates suitable for appointments to boards. Under General Data Protection Regulation guidelines my Department is limited in the personal information it has the authority to retain on file and does not retain records of the previous employment history of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (11 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: ...model aimed to identify those schools with the highest levels of concentrated disadvantage or the highest proportion of students from disadvantaged backgrounds within a school using the school's enrolment data and national census data as represented by the Pobal HP Deprivation index which is publicly available. A detailed paper on the refined DEIS identification model is available on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (11 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: ...needs. There are currently 33 projects underway in Co. Cork. In order to plan for school provision, my Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas. A Geographical Information System is used to analyse data from a range of sources, including CSO Census data, Child Benefit and school enrolment data, to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (11 Jul 2023)

Norma Foley: ...Department’s view it would not generally be appropriate for commercial content to be shot on school property. However, such decisions are a matter for the board of management/ETB concerned. All schools must comply with data protection requirements, including the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and must ensure that any data, including videos, is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (29 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: ...in this area under way in County Cork. In order to plan for school provision, the Department divides the country into 314 school planning areas. A geographical information system is used to analyse data from a range of sources, including Central Statistics Office, CSO, census data and child benefit and school enrolment data, to identify where the pressure for school places across the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (27 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: ...does not hold individual pupil attendance records at Primary or Post Primary School Level. Pupil attendance records are the responsibility of the individual school(s). All school records and data must be maintained and processed in compliance with the GDPR and the Data Protection Acts. The responsibility for compliance with the legislation rests with each school in their role as data...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: ...system and adding necessary capacity to cater for special education needs provision, mainstream demographics and catering for students from Ukraine and other countries under the International Protection system. Please see table below detailing the number of new school building projects delivered 2011-2022 and note, during the same period, close to 900 school building extensions were also...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Data Protection (13 Jun 2023)

Norma Foley: My Department is committed to the highest level of data protection for the personal data which it processes and takes its compliance with data protection obligations very seriously. My Department has a range of policies in place which encompass ICT usage, removing files, Information security Policy, GDPR compliance among others. These policies apply to staff regardless of location i.e....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Inspections (30 May 2023)

Norma Foley: ...in September 2009 in Gaelscoil de hÍde, Cnoc na Crúibe, Roscommon, Roll No: 20126K. Further formal inspection of the school took place in November 2020 during which a whole-school Initial Child Protection and Safeguarding Inspection (CPSI) was carried out. In May 2021, the Inspectorate carried out a whole-school Final Child Protection and Safeguarding Inspection (CPSI) in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Records (24 May 2023)

Norma Foley: ...may be a delay involved while the records are retrieved from off-site storage and checked before issue. The Payroll Division of my Department has not been approached by the Department of Social Protection to consider alternative arrangements in relation to employment records for the purposes of state pension eligibility. Any such arrangement would require compliance with data...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (23 May 2023)

Norma Foley: In Ireland, all migrant children, including children of international protection applicants, refugees, migrant workers and unaccompanied minors, can access pre-school, first and second-level education in a manner similar to Irish nationals, until they have reached the age of 18 years. Tusla Education Support service has a dedicated team working in collaboration with the International...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Pensions (9 May 2023)

Norma Foley: Officials in my Department are reviewing the records of the person concerned with a view to providing the relevant data to assist her in her application for a state contributory pension, which is payable by Department of Social Protection. It is expected a response will shortly issue directly to the person concerned.