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Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Patrick O'Donovan: I move amendment No. 1:In page 10, lines 9 to 11, to delete all words from and including “excepting” in line 9 down to and including “data” in line 11. From the outset, it has always been my intention that this Bill would not apply to the sharing of special categories of data specified in Article 9 of the general data protection regulation, GDPR. At the outset, I...

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Patrick O'Donovan: I move amendment No. 2:In page 10, line 13, to delete “and compliant with Article 9 of GDPR”.

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Patrick O'Donovan: I move amendment No. 3:In page 10, to delete lines 21 and 22 and substitute the following: “(5) In this section— “specified body” has the same meaning as it has in section 262 of the Act of 2005; “public service identity” has the same meaning as it has in section 262 of the Act of 2005, subject to the modification that the reference, in the...

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Patrick O'Donovan: I move amendment No. 4:In page 10, to delete lines 23 to 25. I will also speak to amendment No. 10 and respond to amendment No. 5, which has been proposed by Deputies Wallace and Daly. Amendment No. 4 proposes to delete section 7(6) and amendment No. 10 will have the effect of removing section 37(5) of the Bill. Both of these were amendments made to the Bill on Committee Stage, which I...

Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Order for Report Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Patrick O'Donovan: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."

Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (18 Dec 2018)

Patrick O'Donovan: I move amendment No. 5:In page 6, to delete lines 28 to 31. On Committee Stage I undertook to bring forward an amendment on Report Stage to remove the requirement for a commencement order to bring the provisions of the Bill into effect. This will ensure the maximum number of public servants can avail of the new compulsory retirement age of 70. If the amendment is agreed, the Bill will...

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Patrick O'Donovan: We might make a saving.

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2018)

Patrick O'Donovan: I move amendment No. 1:In page 7, to delete lines 13 to 17 and substitute the following: “(7) The Director shall have all such powers as are necessary or expedient for, or incidental to, the performance of his or her functions and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Director may request in writing a Minister of the Government or other body to provide to him or...

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2018)

Patrick O'Donovan: I move amendment No. 2:In page 8, line 8, to delete “or” and substitute “and”.

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2018)

Patrick O'Donovan: I move amendment No. 3:In page 8, line 39, after “in” where it secondly occurs, to insert “any paragraph of”.

Appropriation Bill 2018: Second and Subsequent Stages (18 Dec 2018)

Patrick O'Donovan: No, I have nothing further to add.

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2018: Order for Second Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Patrick O'Donovan: I move: "That the Second Stage be taken now."

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Patrick O'Donovan: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The Houses of the Oireachtas Commission came into existence on 1 January 2004 under the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Act 2003. The founding commission legislation in 2003 led, in summary, to two consequences. The first was that the commission became the sanctioning authority for expenditure, for deciding on staff numbers up to...

Appropriation Bill 2018: Order for Second Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Patrick O'Donovan: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Appropriation Bill 2018: Second and Subsequent Stages (18 Dec 2018)

Patrick O'Donovan: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the warm welcome afforded to my son and my wife, Eileen. I hope we are all on the nice list for Santa and not his naughty list. I am sure he will come to all of us. The Appropriation Bill 2018 is an essential element of financial housekeeping that, as Members are aware, must be concluded by the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry Irregularities (18 Dec 2018)

Patrick O'Donovan: 474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of beef processors that have been identified as having been excessively trimming carcases in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52914/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry Irregularities (18 Dec 2018)

Patrick O'Donovan: 475. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if carcases have been included in the detection of beef processors that have been excessively trimming carcases (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52915/18]

Local Government Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Deputy is in enough trouble.

Local Government Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Patrick O'Donovan: He has privilege in here.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2018)

Patrick O'Donovan: Did you go Mattie?