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Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: From the Seanad (20 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: I will finish on this.

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: From the Seanad (20 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: I will finish on this. I want the matter referred as the Acting Chairman outlined-----

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: From the Seanad (20 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: -----and I want it investigated. I will be seeking an apology on the floor of the House.

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: From the Seanad (20 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: The issue the Deputy has raised on-----

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: From the Seanad (20 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: Acting Chairman-----

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: From the Seanad (20 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: I was speaking to the amendments in the first instance and on those specific issues. My officials advise that as this matter is not pertinent to the Bill, it referred to the Minister for Justice and Equality. Rather than me discussing an issue with which I am not familiar - this is the first I have heard of it - my officials will refer it to the Minister. On the point made by the...

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: From the Seanad (20 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: I will deal with the last contributor first. First, I am not the Minister responsible for data protection. That is a matter for the Department of Justice and Equality. My officials will refer the matter raised by Deputy Burton to the Department of Justice and Equality.

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: From the Seanad (20 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: I am not the Minister responsible for data protection. This is about data sharing.

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: From the Seanad (20 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank the House for making time available for the Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018 and to consider the amendments made by the Seanad Éireann. As I have told the House already, the legislation is key to delivering on our public service reform commitments to expand the digital delivery of services and to make greater use of data to plan, deliver and evaluate public services. The...

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: This will make East Coast radio.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (19 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: 547. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding blood alcohol levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7934/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Retirements (7 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: As the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, said, work has started. We gave a commitment in the legislation to work within the timeframe of the Bill. I was very clear in pointing out at the time, both here and in the Seanad, that while a report might be laid before the Houses, it might not provide the remedies for which we had all hoped. If there is a remedy, it may require legislation to give effect...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Retirements (7 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: As the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, said, work on it is under way. We gave a commitment to work within the timeframe. I do not want it to be suggested there are negative connotations. I want to be upfront with the House. When I agreed to accept the amendment, I did so in the full knowledge that it was not a panacea or magic wand. I do not want false hope to be held out to the people...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Retirements (7 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: At the time of the legislation going through the Houses, and on foot of the Deputies' amendments, we undertook to insert a provision into the Bill for a report. The report is under way, as the Minister has said. During the passage of the Bill in the Dáil and the Seanad, I had said that we also have to be cognisant of others, and Members agreed with me. There is this cohort, and we all...

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank the Seanad for the opportunity to return to the House. I am dealing with amendments Nos. 1, 2, 24 and 25. Is that correct?

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: As the House knows, the legislation is key to delivering on the public service reform commitments, expanding digital delivery of services and making greater use of data. It also provides for stronger governance and transparency by public service bodies in the way they share and manage data. The Bill was initiated in the Seanad and we had a very useful and constructive debate in the course...

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: It is as the officials have communicated to the Senator.

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: Group 2 comprises amendments Nos. 3 to 5, inclusive, which relate to section 7 of the Bill. The Seanad will recall that in regard to a number of the amendments made on the floor of the House, I said there may be a need to make technical amendments to ensure the wording is completely sound from a legal point of view. Most of the amendments we are considering today fall into this category;...

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: As I said in the Dáil and the last time I was here, I am not making any changes to the Social Welfare Consolidation Act, and nor can I. In this Bill I am trying to reflect what is in that Act and, in doing so, it is not our intention to create any special categories of data. The Senator will be aware of some of the discussion we had in the Dáil around this issue. We came up with...

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (6 Feb 2019)

Patrick O'Donovan: Group 3 comprises amendments Nos. 6, 7 and 13.